DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/27/2022    Duedate: 07/23/2022

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-474

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MAJOR DISASTER
MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
(31-6791) [17-6-1,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MAJOR DISASTER                 BRECKENRIDGE
MILITARY MAYHEM (89)           2115 BOURBON ST (675)
(31-6791) [17-6-1,115]         (31-7130) [5-3-0,35]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TANKEN                         BRASS KNUCKLES
AVENGERS (146)                 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
(31-6987) [16-26-3,77]         (31-7058) [11-6-0,84]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BASH BROS OCEAN (627)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. 2115 BOURBON ST (675)       41
2. BASH BROS OCEAN (627)       39      USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)    32      Unchartered Team
4. JUST DESSERTS (569)         19
5. USEFUL WEAPONS (636)        14      2115 BOURBON ST (675)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     261 174  9 60.0   1/ 1 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     9  4 0
 2/ 3 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)  55  39  5 58.5   2/10*2115 BOURBON ST (675)     6  2 1
 3/ 1 SOLIS MILITES (511)       44  32  3 57.9   3/ 4 CARTOON NETWORK (667)     6  8 0
 4/ 5 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)     407 328 26 55.4   4/ 2 AVENGERS (146)            6  9 0
 5/ 4 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)     128 104  7 55.2   5/ 6 BIRDS (647)               5  1 0
 6/ 6 JUST DESSERTS (569)      158 146  6 52.0   6/ 3 JUST DESSERTS (569)       5  6 0
 7/ 7 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)    223 212 10 51.3   7/ 7 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      4  0 0
 8- 8 ASSASSIN NATION (515)    428 451 60 48.7   8/11 AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)      4  6 1
 9/ 9 AVENGERS (146)           533 591 42 47.4   9/13 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)  4  6 0
10/13*2115 BOURBON ST (675)     11  13  1 45.8  10/12 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      3  5 0
11/11 BIRDS (647)               25  30  0 45.5  11- 8 THE OTHER ONES (404)      2  1 0
12-10 THE OTHER ONES (404)      86 107  7 44.6  12- 9 ASSASSIN NATION (515)     2  2 0
13/12 CARTOON NETWORK (667)     56  73  3 43.4  13/ 5 SOLIS MILITES (511)       2  8 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

    I'll start with the team news this time around.  BOURBON ST went 4-0, making Riff-
Raff proud, edging out BASH BROS OCEAN for the team on the move, and jumping up three 
spots in the rankings.  On the other side, SOLIS MILITES went 1-4 and dropped out of 
career first place not to second place, but to third place.  BASH BROS OCEAN did 
enough to maintain the current top team award.  The AVENGERS had the roughest time 
this turn, going 0-5.
    With FLOYD'S BOOKIE sitting, the throne was up for grabs.  The top three warriors 
going into the turn are managed by Weirdo and Crip.  When the SGT. ROCK vs BAD BURRITO 
match was announced, the stands filled up, everyone expecting this to by the title 
fight.  For 10 minutes they fought and while BAD BURRITO was prepared and conserved 
his endurance well, it wasn't enough to overcome Crip's total parry.  SGT. ROCK is the 
new duelmaster.  While I would love to see a BOOKIE vs. ROCK match next turn, I don't 
expected it. I expect SGT. ROCK will look for easier targets and avoid the best 
warrior to come through Chimlevtal recently.
    The lone bloodfeud was a fun one, but unfortunately, the arenamaster stopped the 
fight before the most natural ending...  RICHARD vanquished BASARA KUBIKIRI in a 1 
minute mismatched Bloodfeud brawl (a 44 point mismatch by the one warrior that has 
beaten FLOYD'S BOOKIE).  While not a down challenge, I do always enjoy the classic 
style mismatch challenges.  AB vs TP, TP vs LU, ST vs BA/SL, etc. You all know how it 
works.  This turn was BRASS KNUCKLES challenging WITCHING HOUR.  WITCHING HOUR did 
last 4 minutes, but it wasn't enough. 
    For the down challenges, there were two.  Both by managers who know well how to 
make them.  Weirdo's EL CHUPACABRAS went down 28 points to face the lowly LUNA 
LOVEGOOD (whose career is certainly not starting like she dreamed at 0-2). Similarly, 
Smithy's DUMBBELL came down heavy on PEARL (who also may be wishing for a different 
profession at 0-3).
    I'm not sure if D. Noble intended to send CROAK EM BOUCHE to the dark arena or 
not.  If not, I would recommend reconsidering naming a warrior "Croak Em." Too often 
names do predict what a warrior will do in its career.  On its debut fight, say good 
night to CROAK EM BOUCHE, who croaked in 2 minutes against CHARLES GOODNIGHT.
    And I will close this report after a few quick stats on the turn:

         43 warriors fought representing 11 teams
         That translated to 3 DA's, 1 BF, 8 challenges, and 12 other fights
         49 total challenges (9 to AFTER MIDNIGHT, CARTOON NETWORK issuing 3)
         BAD BURRITO was reported as the most challenged warrior

    Good luck to all participatint in the upcoming tournament.  Represent our small 
city well!

                          -- Belinda, so cool that tag lines just can't capture enough

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAJOR DISASTER 6791          17   6  1   115       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLOYD'S BROOKIE 7036         14   1  0   154       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 SGT. ROCK 6775               23  11  0   112       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 COLD WIND 7043               12   7  0   111       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 HERMIONE GRANGER 7066        12   7  2   105       HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)
 RICHARD 6950                 14  14  1   102       CARTOON NETWORK (667)
 BAD BURRITO 7032             10   9  1    99       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 THE JEFF 7056                13   9  1    96       CARTOON NETWORK (667)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROCKY 7053                   11   8  0    90       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039         12   4  0    88       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 BRASS KNUCKLES 7058          11   6  0    84       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 RAVEN 7115                    8   5  0    82       CARTOON NETWORK (667)
 WITCHING HOUR 6933           20  11  0    79       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
 TANKEN 6987                  16  26  3    77       AVENGERS (146)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COCKFIGHT 6967                8  15  1    72       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-TANTRUM 5083                  9   6  2    70       THE OTHER ONES (404)
-RESENTMENT 7038              11   7  0    69       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 DODGE'EM DUDE 7019           16  13  1    68       AVENGERS (146)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOLAMANCER 4709              10   6  1    66       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 GREGORY GOYLE 7064           13   6  0    64       HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)
 TOUCAN 6638                  10   6  0    59       BIRDS (647)
 OLIVER WOOD 7062              6   5  1    59       HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOL DAEMON 4706              10   6  1    56       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 BASARA KUBIKIRI 7104          8   6  1    56       AVENGERS (146)
-CAPT. AMERICA 7093            5   1  0    55       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-WAND 7113                     4   0  0    41       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-HATRED 7068                   4   5  0    39       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 SEAGULL 6637                  7   8  0    38       BIRDS (647)
 BISHAMON 7069                 9   9  0    36       AVENGERS (146)
 BRECKENRIDGE 7130             5   3  0    35       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
-MAJOR TOM 7086                4   2  0    35       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SWIMMING 7154                 3   1  0    33       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 EL CHUPACABRAS 7111           6   2  0    32       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-MAJOR SNAFU 7059              4   1  0    27       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 BOONDOCKS 7157                2   0  0    27       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
 ROTTING PIER 7143             3   1  0    26       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
-GOLDFINCH 6636                3   5  0    25       BIRDS (647)
 SUN BELT 7150                 4   2  1    24       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 HAOMARU 7142                  1   7  0    24       AVENGERS (146)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 I CANSEE URANUS 7124          2   1  0    22       AFTER MIDNIGHT (662)
-CHARYBDIS 7119                4   0  1    21       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 BEER BARREL 7146              2   3  0    21       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
 DUMBBELL 7112                 4   4  0    20       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-CROW BAR 7057                 3   7  1    17       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
-WICKEDNESS 7096               1   3  1    17       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 BAD BOY BAKLAVA 7161          1   2  0    17       JUST DESSERTS (569)
-DISOBEDIENT 7060              2   3  0    16       THE OTHER ONES (404)
-BODILY HARM 7117              2   0  0    16       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 SUNKIST 7037                  4   3  0    15       SOLIS MILITES (511)
-CONFUSED 7165                 1   0  0    15       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
-BLUEBIRD 6635                 3   5  0    14       BIRDS (647)
 CHARLES GOODNIGHT 7158        1   0  1    14       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
-INDIGNATION 7118              1   2  1    13       THE OTHER ONES (404)
-WREN 6639                     2   6  0    12       BIRDS (647)
 GEORGE WEASLEY 7121           2   1  0     8       HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)
-VILENESS 7110                 0   1  0     7       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 SUNSTROKE 7159                0   2  0     6       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 PEARL 7156                    0   3  0     3       CARTOON NETWORK (667)
 LUNA LOVEGOOD 7163            0   2  0     2       HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SEAGULLS 7160           2  2 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  ARENAMASTER LEVT      474  NONE
MORTIMER 7141           0  4 0 CARTOON NETWORK 667  BASARA KUBIKIRI 7104  470  JUST REVENGED
PREACHER                0  0 0 DARK ARENA           COCKFIGHT 6967        474  NONE
CROAK EM BOUCHE 7166    0  1 0 JUST DESSERTS 569    CHARLES GOODNIGH 7158 474   
IT'S BLAND! 7167        0  1 0 JUST DESSERTS 569    PREACHER              474  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Floyd's Brookie, like Assur said, just too good for an old harpoon - and lots of 
others. Salute! -- Harpoon

Assassin Nation, so? You are just one fine typical normal old oldie. (wink) -- Smithy

Assur, I ain't sayin' ...... -- Smithy

Cartoon Network avoiding us Useful Weapons? Har, har. That's a laugh! -- Smithy

Welcome back Hogwarts Students. Ah, Luna, my all time favorite. -- Smithy

Gregory Goyle, I didn't like you in the books, or the movies, and I don't like you 
now. But I did enjoy thumping you! -- Brass Knuckles

I Cansee Uranus, quit looking! -- Smithy
P.S. But even we old Smithy's enjoy watching holey Moley!

Belinda, decent Spy Report for a change. Who wrote it for you? -- Smithy

Sol Daemon -- I think your manager spelled both "Soul" and "Demon" wrong -- Oliver 
Wood

Brass Knuckles -- Shouldn't a warrior named "Brass Knuckles" actually be using brass 
knuckles. -- Gregory Goyle

Charybdis -- How can I have fans if this is my first turn being here -- Luna Lovegood

Indignation -- Thank you for giving us our only team win of the turn.  My teammates 
really need to step up their game. -- George Weasley

The Jeff -- How brave... -- Witching Hour

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

COCKFIGHT butchered PREACHER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SEAGULLS was slaughtered by ARENAMASTER LEVTANI in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
IT'S BLAND! was easily killed by PREACHER in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena match.
RICHARD vanquished BASARA KUBIKIRI in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud brawl.
SGT. ROCK outlasted BAD BURRITO in a unpopular 10 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
LAVA CAKE GOLEM devastated SOLAMANCER in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
RAVEN was devastated by COLD WIND in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
BRASS KNUCKLES viciously subdued WITCHING HOUR in a 4 minute expert's Challenge fight.
GREGORY GOYLE outwaited SOL DAEMON in a slow 8 minute Challenge duel.
EL CHUPACABRAS vanquished LUNA LOVEGOOD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
DUMBBELL overpowered PEARL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
SUN BELT overpowered BAD BOY BAKLAVA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
MAJOR DISASTER demolished DODGE'EM DUDE in a 1 minute mismatched Title competition.
HARPOON was demolished by HERMIONE GRANGER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
ROCKY handily defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a popular 2 minute bloody uneven fight.
THE JEFF vanquished TANKEN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fray.
TOUCAN devastated HAOMARU in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
SEAGULL beat I CANSEE URANUS in a exciting 1 minute match.
OLIVER WOOD overpowered BISHAMON in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BRECKENRIDGE viciously subdued SUNKIST in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory competition.
ROTTING PIER overpowered SUNSTROKE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
GEORGE WEASLEY was savagely defeated by BEER BARREL in a 1 minute beginner's fray.
BOONDOCKS devastated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
CHARLES GOODNIGHT savagely slew CROAK EM BOUCHE in a 2 minute gruesome fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       7         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -   1 -  0      90  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  16 -  3      62  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         LUNGING ATTACK    23 -  23 -  1      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  19 -  2      47  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         STRIKING ATTACK   20 -  25 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         AIMED BLOW        26 -  35 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         TOTAL PARRY       13 -  18 -  1      42  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  20 -  1      39  |

Turn 474 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         3 -  4         3  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  5         2  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  3                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  MAJOR DISASTER 6791        17   6  1  115 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
TOTAL PARRY      SGT. ROCK 6775             23  11  0  112 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
LUNGING ATTACK   COLD WIND 7043             12   7  0  111 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
AIMED BLOW       THE JEFF 7056              13   9  1   96 CARTOON NETWORK (667)
PARRY-STRIKE     ROCKY 7053                 11   8  0   90 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
BASHING ATTACK   OLIVER WOOD 7062            6   5  1   59 HOGWART'S STUDENTS (672)
WALL OF STEEL    SOL DAEMON 4706            10   6  1   56 SOLIS MILITES (511)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TANKEN 6987.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
BRASS KNUCKLES 7058.  The ten other most popular fighters were BRECKENRIDGE 7130, 
ROCKY 7053, BAD BURRITO 7032, SOLAMANCER 4709, MAJOR DISASTER 6791, HERMIONE GRANGER 
7066, LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039, COLD WIND 7043, THE JEFF 7056, and TOUCAN 6638.

The least popular fighter this week was SGT. ROCK 6775.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were GREGORY GOYLE 7064, GEORGE WEASLEY 7121, SUNSTROKE 7159, SUNKIST 7037, 
BISHAMON 7069, HAOMARU 7142, DODGE'EM DUDE 7019, BAD BOY BAKLAVA 7161, PEARL 7156, 
and LUNA LOVEGOOD 7163.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MAJOR DISASTER (31-6791) MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
RICHARD (31-6950) CARTOON NETWORK (667)

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

HARPOON (31-7014) USEFUL WEAPONS (636)

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

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

                       GECKO (82-4572) REPTILIAN REBELS  (617) 
                          0004 (82-12395) OCT 2001 2  (1813) 
                        CRAZY 17 (84-11450) CRAZY 88 6  (2077) 
                          UBER (85-4046) IT'S NEWARK!  (736) 
                     MARCELINE (85-9958) ADVENTURE TIME 2  (1809) 
                   HIP KOALA (85-38711) TIME 4 TOURNEY XIII  (7060) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

  This is just a reminder to all who plan to enter the contest in Seam that it is a

no-tourney arena, and is therefore subject to the no-tourney rules.  The pledge all 
participants must take when entering a team in this arena is as follows:

   ********************************************************************************

                               NO-TOURNEY ARENA PLEDGE

    * I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a tournament, nor 
      will I use a tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
    * I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena.  If circumstances 
      preclude my running less than a full team, I will notify the Player Committee.
    * I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
    * I understand that any warrior that participates in a tournament or receives 
      a tournament prize shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.

   ********************************************************************************

Please send your agreement with your new team. 

Best of luck in the arena and in the contest!

                          Name Change-o-Rama -- Final Update

      The gladiators looked around at the Commission's administrative office on the 
Isle of the Eye.  They'd been here before.  The standard boxy building, the scurrying 
clerks, the... goats browsing on the landscaping.  Not as many goats this time as 
before, only three.  One came over to Zeke (not his arena name) and nuzzled his 
pockets.  He scratched at the base of its floppy ears, lacking a snack to offer.  He 
looked at one of the clerks.  "I thought you got rid of the goats last year," Zeke 
said.
      "These are new goats," the clerk said with a sigh.  "They're going to be shipped 
out next week."  He looked hopeful.  "They like you, could you stay until then?"
      Zeke sighed.  Minding three goats sounded more enjoyable than fighting in the 
arena.  "I'd have to ask my manager."  

                                       * * * * 

      Snatching his parchment away from a very determined goat, who apparently thought 
it was a tasty snack, Rodney quickly dipped his pen in ink and began to write.  "It is 
our pleasure and honor to note that sixty-seven gladiators and teams have elected to 
change their names, supporting the contribution of goats to deserving people.  With 
the Commission's matching funds, this has purchased three goats--a good goat can't be 
purchased for a copper, you know.  The goats are already en route to their new homes, 
where they will be--"  He paused and thought about it.  "--very welcome.  We wish all 
the best to the goats and their new owners."