DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/03/2023 Duedate: 04/29/2023
CHIMLEVTAL ARENA
DM-31 TURN-484
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
RAVEN
CARTOON NETWORK (667)
(31-7115) [14-9-0,105]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
RAVEN POSITION IS EMPTY
CARTOON NETWORK (667)
(31-7115) [14-9-0,105]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DODGE'EM DUDE TINY DANCER
AVENGERS (146) BLEAK LEGION (505)
(31-7019) [18-21-1,83] (31-7190) [1-3-0,20]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
AVENGERS (146)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BLEAK LEGION (505) 31
2. JUST DESSERTS (569) 27 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. SOLIS MILITES (511) 22 Unchartered Team
4. CARTOON NETWORK (667) 22
5. BIRDS (647) 17 THE BEAR FORCE (380)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 274 181 9 60.2 1/ 4 AVENGERS (146) 9 6 1
2/ 3 SOLIS MILITES (511) 64 52 3 55.2 2/ 8 JUST DESSERTS (569) 7 2 0
3/ 4 ODD SQUAD (678) 25 23 0 52.1 3/ 2 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 6 4 0
4/ 6 JUST DESSERTS (569) 171 160 7 51.7 4/ 3 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 6 8 1
5/ 5 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 244 232 11 51.3 5/ 5 THE OTHER ONES (404) 5 4 1
6/ 7 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 445 461 62 49.1 6/ 1 SOLIS MILITES (511) 5 10 0
7/ 8 2115 BOURBON ST (675) 25 26 3 49.0 7/ 6 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 4 1 0
8/ 9 AVENGERS (146) 555 619 43 47.3 8/ 7 CARTOON NETWORK (667) 4 2 0
9/10 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 52 61 5 46.0 9/ 9 2115 BOURBON ST (675) 3 2 1
10/11 THE OTHER ONES (404) 101 123 9 45.1 10/11 BLEAK LEGION (505) 3 7 1
11/13 BIRDS (647) 31 40 0 43.7 11/13 BIRDS (647) 2 2 0
12/12 CARTOON NETWORK (667) 69 90 3 43.4 12/14 ODD SQUAD (678) 2 3 0
13/14 BLEAK LEGION (505) 17 28 1 37.8 13/12 BOOK OF THOMAS (652) 2 7 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.
Rocky was a super fun warrior, but ultimately simply goes to retirement.
The Commission describes him as 11-12-7-21-9-9-15 PS
He was very bonused in attack (+4 AND ambi)
He was cursed in riposte (-4)
Favorites came back VL/HI SH decise tactic learns init
He gained an expert rating in riposte last turn, so he has ratings in all 6 areas.
Skills going into his retirement fight: 25/16/30/24/18/25
He will take his final fight in the Dark Arena, so I'm hoping that leaves another of
my warriors on the throne next turn!
-- Assur
So what does an 18-10 Parry Strike grad look like?!?
11-12-7-21-9-9-15 PS
Poor Endurance, Normal Damage
Faves: VL/HI SH Decise tactic and Init learn
Add in a 2.5 skill learn rate along with some bonuses (+5 att)
and curses (-4 rip) to graduate with 6 ratings and skills at:
25/16/30/24/18/25
Nobody should be imrpressed, Assur certainly isn't.
I'm off to retirement.
-- Rocky
SPY REPORT
Well look at that!!! Huckle Cat made my day today today! OCTOPUS sent a down
challenge to CLOSED BEACH and now this beach is closed forever! Well done and way to
show us all just how to do it! This wasn't the only kill, either! LITTLE JANE and
BEER BARREL also ended the lives of their opponents, TOOTSIE RULE (I guess only one
licking was required) and QUICKSILVER (in this case, BLEAK LEGION is likely being
saved the effort of a dark arena). This is the most exciting turn in my memory (though
my memory doesn't go back so very far - I've been at this gig for several years now
and the turns all run together). 3 kills!!!
ROCKY, the former Duelmaster, was likely trying to open the throne to teammate
SWIMMING, fighting his final fight in the dark arena (that sort of counts as kill #4
for the turn - Rocky beat BANDIT PRINCE). But LAVA CAKE GOLEM made short work of that
plan, challenging up 15 points. The heat was simply too much to bear and not even a
swim in the ocean could cool things off. That left the throne open for RAVEN. No
RESENTMENT required... RAVEN is the new newest Lord Protector. Go figure on the
Commission's formula for recognition points... RAVEN went from 88 to 105 against a 91
point warrior in a 1 minute trouncing. LAVA CAKE GOLEM went from 87 to 101 against a
102 point warrior in a challenge brawl in which LCG made the most popular list.
Another confusing item... PS's, PL's, and BA's are almost undefeated while ST's
and AB's are almost winless.
I probably should have asked for tourney teasers, but given the situation at
commission headquarters, I'll leave that for next time. (There were no unexpected
'missing' warriors in the ranks).
It was nice to see the team rankings fixed and BLEAK LEGION is now showing up.
Which of these teams deserves the turn's MVP? I'll let you decide:
JUST DESSERTS 4-1, 0 awards
OR
AVENGERS 3-2-1, 2 awards (inc. Current Top Team)
I won't embarrass the worst team by mentioning their name because they were winless
outside of the Dark Arena (hopefully you all stayed at home and didn't go visit the
miserable ocean this turn). How cool is that? Getting to say a team was winless
outside the Dark Arena?!?
AVENGERS was easily the top avoided team, with 4 avoids, two coming from SOLIS
MILITES. VIPRA was the most challenged warrior (and took BLOOD MOON PIE's down
challenge in a loss)
- Belinda, the very happy kill drunk Spy Mistress
(well done again to the killers)
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RAVEN 7115 14 9 0 105 CARTOON NETWORK (667)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039 15 8 0 101 JUST DESSERTS (569)
SOLAMANCER 4709 15 9 1 98 SOLIS MILITES (511)
-BRASS KNUCKLES 7058 14 7 0 91 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
SWIMMING 7154 7 6 0 91 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DODGE'EM DUDE 7019 18 21 1 83 AVENGERS (146)
-WAND 7113 8 0 0 82 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
RESENTMENT 7038 15 9 0 80 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
BASARA KUBIKIRI 7104 13 11 1 77 AVENGERS (146)
BISHAMON 7069 15 13 0 72 AVENGERS (146)
-HATRED 7068 7 6 1 69 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
TOUCAN 6638 13 11 0 67 BIRDS (647)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WICKEDNESS 7096 6 5 2 64 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
ROTTING PIER 7143 6 5 0 61 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
SOL DAEMON 4706 14 10 1 60 SOLIS MILITES (511)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COURAGE 7185 5 1 0 54 CARTOON NETWORK (667)
SEAGULL 6637 10 13 0 52 BIRDS (647)
DUMBBELL 7112 8 5 0 52 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
BRECKENRIDGE 7130 9 9 0 50 2115 BOURBON ST (675)
FAIRY TAIL 7018 9 5 0 48 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
OLIVE 7200 6 2 0 46 ODD SQUAD (678)
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773 6 1 1 44 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
VILENESS 7110 3 4 0 43 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
CONFUSED 7165 3 2 0 40 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
SUNKIST 7037 9 6 0 37 SOLIS MILITES (511)
CHARYBDIS 7119 6 2 1 35 THE OTHER ONES (404)
SUNSTROKE 7159 3 7 0 34 SOLIS MILITES (511)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CROW BAR 7057 4 8 1 33 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
LITTLE JANE 5072 4 2 1 33 BLEAK LEGION (505)
OCTOPUS 7207 3 0 1 33 AVENGERS (146)
-CHARLES GOODNIGHT 7158 3 2 1 32 2115 BOURBON ST (675)
CUTTHROAT 7204 3 1 1 28 THE OTHER ONES (404)
BEER BARREL 7146 4 6 2 26 2115 BOURBON ST (675)
HAOMARU 7142 4 14 0 26 AVENGERS (146)
JINXEE 7196 7 4 0 25 ODD SQUAD (678)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-GOLDFINCH 6636 3 5 0 25 BIRDS (647)
LAZY RIVER 7191 3 0 0 24 2115 BOURBON ST (675)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MS. O 7202 4 3 0 23 ODD SQUAD (678)
ODDO 7199 4 4 0 23 ODD SQUAD (678)
BLOOD MOON PIE 7171 4 2 1 21 JUST DESSERTS (569)
-JOSEPH MAGNUS 7148 1 0 0 21 2115 BOURBON ST (675)
TINY DANCER 7190 1 3 0 20 BLEAK LEGION (505)
ABBA-ZABA 7215 2 0 0 17 JUST DESSERTS (569)
LEMON BARRIO 7184 1 2 0 17 JUST DESSERTS (569)
OAK 7201 4 3 0 15 ODD SQUAD (678)
-BLUEBIRD 6635 3 5 0 14 BIRDS (647)
-WREN 6639 2 6 0 12 BIRDS (647)
HAYMAKER 7213 1 0 0 11 THE OTHER ONES (404)
VIPRA 5096 2 4 0 10 BLEAK LEGION (505)
DEPRAVITY 7208 1 2 0 7 THE OTHER ONES (404)
TROLL 7209 0 2 0 2 BLEAK LEGION (505)
SUNNY D 7217 0 1 0 1 SOLIS MILITES (511)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CLOSED BEACH 7177 4 4 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 OCTOPUS 7207 484
SMELLS LIKE 7214 0 1 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 SHEWISH GIANT 484 NONE
LADY CHAOS 4557 6 3 0 BLEAK LEGION 505 MU CHAMAELEONTIS 7092 481
QUICKSILVER 5111 1 5 0 BLEAK LEGION 505 BEER BARREL 7146 484
HEDIES 7218 0 1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652 BANDIT PRINCE 484 NONE
NASTOLGIA 6922 7 14 1 BOOK OF THOMAS 652 WURM KIN 484 NONE
TOOTSIE RULE! 7216 1 1 0 JUST DESSERTS 569 LITTLE JANE 5072 484
SOLSTICE 7193 1 1 0 SOLIS MILITES 511 CUTTHROAT 7204 482 JUST REVENGED
DISOBEDIENT 7060 5 5 0 THE OTHER ONES 404 IOTA CHAMAELEONT 7097 481
PERSONAL ADS
Now, now, Belinda; don't be so hard on my buddy Consortium managers about aimed blows.
Aimers may not be the fave, but there is a tourney runner-up in the collection, --
Smithy
Sunstroke, that was kinda nice of you to let me bang on you like that! -- Dumbbell,
Useful Weapon
Vipra, I may not have learned anything, but my manager did. -- Pitchfork, Useful
Weapon (allegedly)
Weapons are fun. Useful Weapons are best. -- Smithy (wink)
No sure what happend. My warriors seem to have gotten lost on the way to the arena and
when they finally did arrive, they still didn't show up. -- The Expatriate
The incursion of chaos creatures into northern Alastari has been stopped. However,
the gate they came through is open, and there are people from Alastari trapped on the
other side. They need to be rescued, and the gate needs to be closed. If you have a
Lord Protector whom you would like to send on this mission, please send a message to
the Gladiatorial Commmission (email csr@reality.com or via diplo). We will need to
know their physical description, personality, and method of fighting. We will select
no more than a dozen volunteers. Thank you!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ROCKY butchered BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
NASTOLGIA was slaughtered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
SMELLS LIKE was murdered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
HEDIES was slaughtered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
SUNKIST bested CUTTHROAT in a 3 minute veteran vs. novice Bloodfeud fight.
SOLAMANCER devastated BASARA KUBIKIRI in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
LAVA CAKE GOLEM beat SWIMMING in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
SOL DAEMON was overcome by DODGE'EM DUDE in a 2 minute expert's Challenge fight.
ROTTING PIER lost to BISHAMON in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
VILENESS lost to COURAGE in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
WICKEDNESS vanquished BRECKENRIDGE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
BLOOD MOON PIE defeated VIPRA in a 3 minute Challenge match.
DEPRAVITY was overcome by LEMON BARRIO in a 1 minute Challenge bout.
OCTOPUS assassinated CLOSED BEACH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
RESENTMENT was devastated by RAVEN in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Title conflict.
TOUCAN demolished CONFUSED in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
FAIRY TAIL overcame SUNSTROKE in a popular 2 minute conflict.
SEAGULL vanquished JINXEE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
DUMBBELL vanquished HAOMARU in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
OLIVE devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
CHARYBDIS defeated MS. O in a 2 minute brutal bout.
BEER BARREL executed QUICKSILVER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
LITTLE JANE assassinated TOOTSIE RULE! in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
ODDO bested EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 4 minute gory bout.
OAK was viciously subdued by ABBA-ZABA in a 5 minute gory match.
TINY DANCER viciously subdued EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 3 minute beginner's duel.
TROLL was demolished by HAYMAKER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LAZY RIVER viciously subdued SUNNY D in a action packed 3 minute gory novice's match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 9 SLASHING ATTACK 33 - 28 - 2 54 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 7 AIMED BLOW 27 - 24 - 1 53 |
|WALL OF STEEL 6 TOTAL PARRY 17 - 16 - 0 52 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 18 - 17 - 0 51 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 STRIKING ATTACK 28 - 29 - 2 49 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 13 - 14 - 1 48 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-STRIKE 13 - 15 - 1 46 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 38 - 3 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 9 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 19 - 3 37 |
Turn 484 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 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 4 3 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 4 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 5 3 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 4 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 3 1 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 2 1 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 3
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
SLASHING ATTACK RAVEN 7115 14 9 0 105 CARTOON NETWORK (667)
TOTAL PARRY LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039 15 8 0 101 JUST DESSERTS (569)
STRIKING ATTACK SWIMMING 7154 7 6 0 91 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
WALL OF STEEL RESENTMENT 7038 15 9 0 80 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
LUNGING ATTACK BISHAMON 7069 15 13 0 72 AVENGERS (146)
PARRY-STRIKE TOUCAN 6638 13 11 0 67 BIRDS (647)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-RIPOSTE FAIRY TAIL 7018 9 5 0 48 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
BASHING ATTACK OLIVE 7200 6 2 0 46 ODD SQUAD (678)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DODGE'EM DUDE 7019. The most popular warrior this
turn was TINY DANCER 7190. The ten other most popular fighters were CUTTHROAT 7204,
DODGE'EM DUDE 7019, FAIRY TAIL 7018, LAZY RIVER 7191, COURAGE 7185, ABBA-ZABA 7215,
BLOOD MOON PIE 7171, SOLAMANCER 4709, LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039, and SWIMMING 7154.
The least popular fighter this week was OAK 7201. The other ten least popular
fighters were SUNNY D 7217, TROLL 7209, TOOTSIE RULE! 7216, QUICKSILVER 5111, HAOMARU
7142, JINXEE 7196, CONFUSED 7165, CLOSED BEACH 7177, VIPRA 5096, and BRECKENRIDGE
7130.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
RAVEN (31-7115) CARTOON NETWORK (667)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
ROCKY (31-7053) BASH BROS OCEAN (627)