DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/01/2023    Duedate: 05/27/2023

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM-31    TURN-485

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

LAVA CAKE GOLEM
JUST DESSERTS (569)
(31-7039) [16-8-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

LAVA CAKE GOLEM                POSITION IS EMPTY
JUST DESSERTS (569)            
(31-7039) [16-8-0,114]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DODGE'EM DUDE                  CROW BAR
AVENGERS (146)                 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
(31-7019) [19-21-1,95]         (31-7057) [4-9-1,33]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

JUST DESSERTS (569)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. JUST DESSERTS (569)         50
2. CARTOON NETWORK (667)       24      CHAMAELEON (669)
3. ASSASSIN NATION (515)       24      Unchartered Team
4. USEFUL WEAPONS (636)        24
5. THE OTHER ONES (404)        16      CRIMSON GUARD (266)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 CHAMAELEON (669)          26  17  2 60.5   1/ 2 JUST DESSERTS (569)      11  3 0
 2/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     276 182 11 60.3   2/ 1 AVENGERS (146)            7  8 1
 3/ 0 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)     422 331 27 56.0   3/ 5 THE OTHER ONES (404)      6  3 0
 4/ 2 SOLIS MILITES (511)       66  55  3 54.5   4/ 3 ASSASSIN NATION (515)     6  5 1
 5/ 4 JUST DESSERTS (569)      175 161  7 52.1   5/ 8 CARTOON NETWORK (667)     5  1 0
 6- 5 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)    244 232 11 51.3   6/10 BLEAK LEGION (505)        5 10 1
 7/ 3 ODD SQUAD (678)           27  26  0 50.9   7/ 7 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      4  2 2
 8/ 7 2115 BOURBON ST (675)     26  26  3 50.0   8- 4 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)     4  5 1
 9/ 6 ASSASSIN NATION (515)    447 463 63 49.1   9/12 ODD SQUAD (678)           4  6 0
10/ 8 AVENGERS (146)           556 623 43 47.2  10/ 6 SOLIS MILITES (511)       4 11 0
11/10 THE OTHER ONES (404)     103 124  9 45.4  11/11 BIRDS (647)               3  1 0
12/ 9 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      52  65  5 44.4  12/ 9 2115 BOURBON ST (675)     3  2 1
13/12 CARTOON NETWORK (667)     71  90  3 44.1  13/ 0 CHAMAELEON (669)          2  0 0
14/11 BIRDS (647)               32  41  0 43.8  14/ 0 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      2  3 0
15/13 BLEAK LEGION (505)        19  31  1 38.0  15/13 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      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

    Let the challenges be recognized! SUNSTROKE is the first of note. Have a nice 
DUMBBELL falling on your head. One spectacular down challenge from a winner to a 
loser, ending in death! Well done, Smithy! Show us all how it is done! The last 
challenge I want to recognize was also the last down challenge. LAVA CAKE GOLEM 
challenged SOLAMANCER. This gave D. Noble's warrior the throne, since RAVEN beat SGT. 
ROCK in its graduation fight. Things of beauty to me, these nasty down challenges. If 
you want the throne, you'll have to do it the good old fashioned way of earning it, 
since LAVA CAKE GOLEM is not leaving the arena (at least not yet, with only 7 PP's).
    Destitute Noble is going to have to figure out how to top this turn... 4-1, the 
throne, current top team, team on the move, plus two of the minor awards. That is all 
without even mentioning the successful bloodfeud. Or maybe it'll just be a case of 
enjoying being at the top when you're there.
    We also saw the return of two teams. One Armed Bandit's CHAMAELEON shined bright 
in the sky, returning with a perfect 2-0, keeping both warriors undefeated at 4-0. 
Crip's MILITARY MAYHEM was far from perfect, but they are back with a full stable of 
warriors. Well, it was full coming into the turn. In what looks like a big upset MAJOR 
TOM (7-2) was matched against CONFUSED (3-2). May the RUGs be with you, Crip! If my 
records are correct (and my confidence in that is low), not a style mismatch, either. 
Just a good old fashioned beat down.
    SOLIS MILITES was the most avoided team with 5 avoids; only the inactive BASH BROS 
OCEAN came close to matching that, with 4 avoids. ASSASSIN NATION send 3 of the 5. 
SOLIS MILITES also had the 'honor' of having the most challenged warrior. SUNKIST was 
the recipient. CROW BAR's challenge was not enough to put his warrior into the adepts. 
(Come on Smithy! An up challenge from the top of the challenger initiates with a 
loser?!? You can do better than that losing effort.)
    All ten styles were represented. As you often see, bashers were over-represented 
vs how successful they are. Parry Lungers and Parry Strikers only saw a single 
representative each. Aimed Blows and Total Parries rule the ten turn record rankings.
    Thank you all who sent personals. If I counted correctly (once again, I do not 
trust my counting ability any better than my records/research ability) 4 
teams/managers were represented in the personal ads.
    And finally... 14 teams sent 51 warriors into the arena, resulting in 2 dark arena 
fights, 1 bloodfeud, 9 regular challenges, and 16 matchups. Only 18 avoids were sent 
from 12 warriors.

    That's all for this time.

                       -- Belinda

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039         16   8  0   114       JUST DESSERTS (569)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SGT. ROCK 6775               26  12  0   112       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 DODGE'EM DUDE 7019           19  21  1    95       AVENGERS (146)
 SOLAMANCER 4709              15  10  1    92       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                  
-WAND 7113                     8   0  0    82       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 TOUCAN 6638                  14  11  0    77       BIRDS (647)
 SOL DAEMON 4706              15  10  1    76       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 CAPT. AMERICA 7093            8   2  0    72       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 RESENTMENT 7038              15  10  0    71       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
-HATRED 7068                   7   6  1    69       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 BISHAMON 7069                15  14  0    68       AVENGERS (146)
 BASARA KUBIKIRI 7104         13  12  1    67       AVENGERS (146)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MU CHAMAELEONTIS 7092         4   0  1    66       CHAMAELEON (669)
 CONFUSED 7165                 4   2  1    66       ASSASSIN NATION (515)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAJOR SNAFU 7059              8   1  0    65       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-ROTTING PIER 7143             6   5  0    61       BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
 DUMBBELL 7112                 9   5  1    59       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 VILENESS 7110                 4   4  0    58       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 BRECKENRIDGE 7130            10   9  0    57       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
 COURAGE 7185                  6   1  0    57       CARTOON NETWORK (667)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WICKEDNESS 7096               6   6  2    56       ASSASSIN NATION (515)
 IOTA CHAMAELEONTIS 7097       4   0  1    49       CHAMAELEON (669)
 SEAGULL 6637                 10  14  0    46       BIRDS (647)
 JINXEE 7196                   8   4  0    45       ODD SQUAD (678)
-ARCTIC NIGHT 6773             6   1  1    44       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 SUNKIST 7037                 10   6  0    41       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 OLIVE 7200                    6   3  0    34       ODD SQUAD (678)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FAIRY TAIL 7018               9   6  0    33       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 CHARYBDIS 7119                6   3  1    33       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 BLOOD MOON PIE 7171           5   2  1    33       JUST DESSERTS (569)
 CROW BAR 7057                 4   9  1    33       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 OCTOPUS 7207                  3   1  1    33       AVENGERS (146)
-CHARLES GOODNIGHT 7158        3   2  1    32       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
 LEMON BARRIO 7184             2   2  0    32       JUST DESSERTS (569)
-CUTTHROAT 7204                3   1  1    28       THE OTHER ONES (404)
 HAOMARU 7142                  4  15  0    27       AVENGERS (146)
-BEER BARREL 7146              4   6  2    26       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
 ABBA-ZABA 7215                3   0  0    26       JUST DESSERTS (569)
-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                  
 HAYMAKER 7213                 2   0  0    22       THE OTHER ONES (404)
-JOSEPH MAGNUS 7148            1   0  0    21       2115 BOURBON ST (675)
 OAK 7201                      5   3  0    18       ODD SQUAD (678)
 LITTLE JANE 5072              4   3  1    18       BLEAK LEGION (505)
 ODDO 7199                     4   5  0    17       ODD SQUAD (678)
 LEAD PIPE 7219                1   0  1    17       USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
 MS. O 7202                    4   4  0    16       ODD SQUAD (678)
-BLUEBIRD 6635                 3   5  0    14       BIRDS (647)
 DEPRAVITY 7208                2   2  0    14       THE OTHER ONES (404)
-WREN 6639                     2   6  0    12       BIRDS (647)
 VIPRA 5096                    2   5  0    11       BLEAK LEGION (505)
 TINY DANCER 7190              1   4  0    11       BLEAK LEGION (505)
 TROLL 7209                    1   2  0    11       BLEAK LEGION (505)
 CAPTAIN MARVEL 7173           1   0  0     9       MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
 RIVER WILD 7206               0   1  0     7       BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
 QUANDARY 7223                 1   0  0     5       BLEAK LEGION (505)
 SUNNY D 7217                  0   2  0     2       SOLIS MILITES (511)
 GINGERDEAD MAN 7227           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?
EMBEZZLING SCRIB        0  0 0                      LEAD PIPE 7219        485  NONE
CLOSED BEACH 7177       4  4 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627  OCTOPUS 7207          484   
LADY CHAOS 4557         6  3 0 BLEAK LEGION 505     MU CHAMAELEONTIS 7092 481  NONE
QUICKSILVER 5111        1  5 0 BLEAK LEGION 505     BEER BARREL 7146      484   
HEDIES 7220             0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   HIGH ELF              485  NONE
SHEDIES 7221            0  1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 652   STONE GOLEM           485  NONE
TOOTSIE RULE! 7216      1  1 0 JUST DESSERTS 569    LITTLE JANE 5072      484  JUST REVENGED
MAJOR TOM 7086          7  3 0 MILITARY MAYHEM 89   CONFUSED 7165         485   
SOLSTICE 7193           1  1 0 SOLIS MILITES 511    CUTTHROAT 7204        482  REVENGED

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SUNSTROKE 7159          3  8 0 SOLIS MILITES 511    DUMBBELL 7112         485   
DISOBEDIENT 7060        5  5 0 THE OTHER ONES 404   IOTA CHAMAELEONT 7097 481  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Rock and Rocky's manager wrote a pretty fine DM Column?? Who would have thought it? 
Rocky: maybe. His manager: illiterate, they say. -- Smithy

Belinda, can't blame you. Those kills are exciting! It brings out the lust in me. 
(wink) -- Smithy

Haomaru,  you were but a pittance. -- Dumbbell

We salute all Chimmy's who fought in the mailer, and double-salute those who did well. 
-- Smithy and The Useful Weapons

Bash Bros -- Condolences on Closed Beach.  Was aiming for the legs, for what it's 
worth. -- Octopus

A three loss introduction to the Chimlevtal Arena.  I'm looking forward to the 
challenge. -- Odd

Blood Moon Pie -- You learned a lot without teaching anything. -- Vipra

Tootsie Rule! -- Oops. -- Little Jane

Destitute Noble -- Sorry about that; I await your bloodfeud. -- The Expatriate

Belinda -- I'm not sure having my record show up is a good thing. -- The Expatriate

Smithy -- Some more useful weapons:
  Nerf Gun
  The Pen
  Mr. T
  Knowledge
  Bad Breath
     -- Assur

Octopus -- For you we can open the beach.  Just ask next time! -- Assur

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HEDIES was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SHEDIES was slaughtered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
BLOOD MOON PIE handily defeated LITTLE JANE in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud match.
LAVA CAKE GOLEM vanquished SOLAMANCER in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge Title brawl.
SOL DAEMON defeated BASARA KUBIKIRI in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
DUMBBELL slaughtered SUNSTROKE in a 1 minute brutal mismatched Challenge fight.
VILENESS devastated OLIVE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
CROW BAR was unbelievably bested by SUNKIST in a 7 minute Challenge melee.
LEMON BARRIO vanquished MS. O in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
HAYMAKER won victory over TINY DANCER in a 2 minute novice's Challenge fight.
ABBA-ZABA savagely defeated ODDO in a 4 minute gory Challenge melee.
DEPRAVITY defeated VIPRA in a 1 minute Challenge match.
RAVEN demolished SGT. ROCK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal mismatched competition.
DODGE'EM DUDE demolished RESENTMENT in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
CAPT. AMERICA was overcome by KUNG-FU MASTER in a popular 1 minute conflict.
TOUCAN won victory over BISHAMON in a action packed 3 minute master's bout.
MAJOR TOM was easily killed by CONFUSED in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched bout.
MU CHAMAELEONTIS devastated CHARYBDIS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
WICKEDNESS was subdued by MAJOR SNAFU in a 2 minute bout.
COURAGE beat OCTOPUS in a popular 1 minute match.
FAIRY TAIL was overcome by JINXEE in a 2 minute competition.
SEAGULL was bested by BRECKENRIDGE in a 1 minute veteran's bout.
IOTA CHAMAELEONTIS vanquished HAOMARU in a 1 minute one-sided match.
OAK unbelievably bested MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute gruesome duel.
TROLL devastated GINGERDEAD MAN in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SUNNY D was savagely defeated by CAPTAIN MARVEL in a 2 minute beginner's fight.
RIVER WILD lost to QUANDARY in a exciting 1 minute novice's fight.
LEAD PIPE dispatched EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a action packed 1 minute beginner's bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  10         AIMED BLOW        25 -  22 -  1      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  8         TOTAL PARRY       18 -  16 -  0      53  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         STRIKING ATTACK   32 -  29 -  4      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         SLASHING ATTACK   32 -  31 -  1      51  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -  15 -  1      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  39 -  4      47  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    4         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  20 -  0      46  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   8 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE      11 -  15 -  1      42  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  19 -  2      37  |

Turn 485 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  6         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  3         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  5         2  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  2     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  4         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039       16   8  0  114 JUST DESSERTS (569)
SLASHING ATTACK  SOLAMANCER 4709            15  10  1   92 SOLIS MILITES (511)
PARRY-STRIKE     TOUCAN 6638                14  11  0   77 BIRDS (647)
WALL OF STEEL    SOL DAEMON 4706            15  10  1   76 SOLIS MILITES (511)
LUNGING ATTACK   BISHAMON 7069              15  14  0   68 AVENGERS (146)
STRIKING ATTACK  MU CHAMAELEONTIS 7092       4   0  1   66 CHAMAELEON (669)
AIMED BLOW       BRECKENRIDGE 7130          10   9  0   57 2115 BOURBON ST (675)
BASHING ATTACK   OLIVE 7200                  6   3  0   34 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 CROW BAR 7057.  The ten other most popular fighters were BASARA KUBIKIRI 
7104, BISHAMON 7069, CAPTAIN MARVEL 7173, SOL DAEMON 4706, TOUCAN 6638, WICKEDNESS 
7096, SOLAMANCER 4709, HAYMAKER 7213, CAPT. AMERICA 7093, and LAVA CAKE GOLEM 7039.

The least popular fighter this week was ODDO 7199.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were GINGERDEAD MAN 7227, SEAGULL 6637, CHARYBDIS 7119, RESENTMENT 7038, 
VIPRA 5096, MS. O 7202, OLIVE 7200, SUNSTROKE 7159, SHEDIES 7221, and HEDIES 7220.

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

RAVEN (31-7115) CARTOON NETWORK (667)