DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/24/2024 Duedate: 07/20/2024
CHIMLEVTAL ARENA
DM 31 TURN 500
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
VILENESS
ASSASSIN NATION (515)
(31-7110) [11-6-1,119]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SGT. ROCK BAKERS 7
MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
(31-6775) [34-14-0,138] (31-7257) [4-3-0,40]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
BISHAMON OCTOPUS
AVENGERS (146) AVENGERS (146)
(31-7069) [21-23-0,99] (31-7207) [11-3-1,92]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
ASSASSIN NATION (515)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ASSASSIN NATION (515) 34
2. THE OTHER ONES (404) 20 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. BIRDS (647) 14 Unchartered Team
4. JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 13
5. AVENGERS (146) 13 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 291 196 14 59.8 1/ 2 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 8 5 1
2/ 3 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 444 345 29 56.3 2/ 1 AVENGERS (146) 6 4 1
3/ 4 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)449 381 19 54.1 3/ 6 THE OTHER ONES (404) 6 6 3
4- 6 JUST DESSERTS (569) 197 180 8 52.3 4/ 5 USEFUL WEAPONS (636) 5 4 2
5- 7 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 258 253 11 50.5 5/ 3 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 5 10 0
6/ 2*2212 BOURBON ST (680) 4 4 0 50.0 6- 4 JUST DESSERTS (569) 3 1 0
7/ 8 ASSASSIN NATION (515) 466 476 65 49.5 7/ 7 MILITARY MAYHEM (89) 2 3 0
8/ 9 AVENGERS (146) 588 654 44 47.3 8/10*JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 2 6 0
9/10 THE OTHER ONES (404) 111 136 13 44.9 9/ 8*2212 BOURBON ST (680) 1 2 0
10/11 BIRDS (647) 39 50 1 43.8 10/11 BIRDS (647) 1 2 0
11/12*JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681) 2 6 0 25.0 11- 9 BASH BROS OCEAN (627) 1 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.
Well, I got here faster than I would have thought. Wickedness was supposed to win the
throne on the turn prior and hold it for me for a couple turns. Unfortunately, fate
would decide otherwise. His death in the title match for a vacated throne allowed me
to bloodfued my way to the title. I almost got the sweetest of revenge, but the arena
gods decided to spare Haomaru to fight another day.
Tough row to hoe at the top echelons. I'm opting to give Wand a try to answer
Belinda's question if his is record was "hidden behind good management" or if he is
"one of those AB's that is every bit as good as the record suggests"!
Salut!
Your possibly brief Duelmaster,
-- Vileness
SPY REPORT
It was harsh days for the top 4 teams. USEFUL WEAPONS, MILITARY MAYHEM, and 2212
BOURBON ST went a combined 0-5. WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! managed to win a single fight.
Sadly, it was LASAGNA that won. Granted 1/3 of those 9 losses were in the Dark Arena,
but it is still surprising to see so many losses from the top career teams.
The next three teams in the career rankings were inactive. That should mean good
things for the bottom teams, right?!? Sure enough, all of those teams but one had
winning records. ASSASSIN NATION: 4-1-1, AVENGERS: 2-1, THE OTHER ONES: 2-1, BIRDS 1-
0. JUNGLE CRUISE 2 went an even 1-1, so even they weren't left in the forest alone.
ASSASSIN NATION did take both the rotating team awards while Smithy let his team drop
below that elusive career .600 winning percentage... (and the Consortium standard for
excellence)
VILENESS kept the throne against LITTER BLASTER. There is a wide variety of
styles that he'll have prepare against for next turn. That doesn't make it easy to
keep the throne (and I'm not telling which styles VILENESS struggles with the most -
discerning managers have to do that work for themselves). He hasn't faced any of the
contenders before except for LITTER BLASTER this turn, so almost all the possible
matches will be a story to tell! Or maybe he'll issue another bloodfeud challenge.
My greatest hope is for another fine DM column.
SEAGULL staved off a challenge against the higher ranked CONFUSED. CONFUSED
managed to drop himself out of the champions class, so if desired, can make a brutal
DC next turn! SEAGULL was the most challenged warrior this turn.
I mentioned a kill earlier, but it was one of those Convicted Thief type kills, so
very little to report there. 12 of the 20 warriors not going to the Dark Arena issued
avoids. 7 of the 15 avoids went to USEFUL WEAPONS.
And that is a wrap! Good luck to any fighting in the upcoming tournament.
Belinda, reporting the day after fights yet again!!!
P.S. It isn't so much laziness as time that requires me to delay the mailings and
postings of the newsletter. I write when I have the time!!!
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VILENESS 7110 11 6 1 119 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SGT. ROCK 6775 34 14 0 138 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
-WAND 7113 11 1 0 119 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
DA ZAGAGNA 6672 18 3 0 106 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
BISHAMON 7069 21 23 0 99 AVENGERS (146)
RESENTMENT 7038 16 13 0 94 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
OCTOPUS 7207 11 3 1 92 AVENGERS (146)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LITTER BLASTER 6784 10 6 0 91 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CAPT. AMERICA 7093 14 5 1 88 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
SEAGULL 6637 15 22 1 81 BIRDS (647)
POWERSLAVE 6724 17 8 1 80 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
HAOMARU 7142 12 22 1 73 AVENGERS (146)
MAJOR SNAFU 7059 13 6 0 72 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
HATRED 7068 11 8 1 71 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-LEMON BARRIO 7184 8 5 0 61 JUST DESSERTS (569)
CONFUSED 7165 5 5 1 60 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHARYBDIS 7119 8 10 1 54 THE OTHER ONES (404)
-BROKEN GLASS 7224 3 4 0 51 BASH BROS OCEAN (627)
LEAD PIPE 7219 5 4 2 46 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
BAKERS 7 7257 4 3 0 40 2212 BOURBON ST (680)
NILE PRINCESS 7274 2 1 0 38 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-CUTTHROAT 7204 4 2 2 30 THE OTHER ONES (404)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-WACKY WAFER 7261 2 2 1 23 JUST DESSERTS (569)
-SHOVEL 7279 1 1 0 21 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
DEPRAVITY 7208 3 4 1 20 THE OTHER ONES (404)
SWIFT DEMISE 7290 2 0 1 17 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
BLOODTHIRST 7291 1 0 0 13 THE OTHER ONES (404)
-BUFF CREAM PUFF 7272 1 0 0 10 JUST DESSERTS (569)
-GROUND N POUND CAKE 7273 1 0 0 10 JUST DESSERTS (569)
-FORTY WINKS 7222 1 0 0 9 THE OTHER ONES (404)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF 0 0 0 SWIFT DEMISE 7290 500 NONE
WICKEDNESS 7096 10 9 2 ASSASSIN NATION 515 HAOMARU 7142 498 JUST REVENGED
INFECTATION 7225 3 6 0 BASH BROS OCEAN 627 CUTTHROAT 7204 499
KISSIMEE KATE 7286 0 1 0 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 681 HIGH ELF 500 NONE
HAYMAKER 7213 4 2 2 THE OTHER ONES 404 LEAD PIPE 7219 499
CROW BAR 7057 7 11 2 USEFUL WEAPONS 636 ARENAMASTER LEVT 500 NONE
COMPOTA 7254 2 3 1 WHAMMO & THUDDA 378 WACKY WAFER 7261 497 REVENGED
DA 1 7292 0 1 0 WHAMMO & THUDDA 378 WURM KIN 500 NONE
RO-JAWS 7281 0 3 0 WHAMMO & THUDDA 378 SHEWISH GIANT 500 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Belinda, Belinda, what is this? Just because you moved to the lazy South is no reason
to lolligag and hold up the Newsletter posting. Nothing worse than a floozy who is
always late, I say. -- Smithy (but sending her roses on the side.)
What! Now Lead Pipe goes and kills somebody when he was supposed to go to the Midnight
Fights? Sheesh! -- Smithy
Bwahahahahahaha. -- Lead Pipe
Powerslave, I like slaves. Are you an elf? I could make you my house elf. -- Wand
The South will rise again!. -- Smithy (Really, a born again Hoosier.)
Sgt. Rock -- I guess if I had three more weapons I could have beaten you. You're a
hard nut to crack! -- Resentment
Haomaru -- Revenge is sweet! I though about challenging again, but I'll give one of
my brethren the chance to dance with you. -- Vileness
Ro-Jaws -- You got your licks in. Thankfully, I was able to take them before
unleashing some licks of my own. Good fight! -- Swift Demise
Broken Glass -- You cut me up! Until we meet again! -- Charybdis
Bash Bros Ocean -- I will be sitting due to hitting my FE cap for October MI. Sorry I
didn't give you a chance to bloodfeud. -- Cutthroat
Lead Pipe -- Well, that wasn't very nice now. You probably did the team a favor, as I
was unlikely to be a future Duelmaster. Was fun while it lasted. Unfortunately,
Cutthroat is sitting for the next Mail-In or he would have looked you up. -- Dhost of
Haymaer (BA 17-12-7-17-10-14-7)
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
CROW BAR was butchered by ARENAMASTER LEVTANI in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
RO-JAWS was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
KISSIMEE KATE was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
DA 1 was assassinated by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
RESENTMENT devastated HAOMARU in a popular 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
CONFUSED was demolished by SEAGULL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
MAJOR SNAFU was viciously subdued by OCTOPUS in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
BAKERS 7 was unbelievably bested by CHARYBDIS in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
DEPRAVITY was handily defeated by NILE PRINCESS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
VILENESS vanquished LITTER BLASTER in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
SGT. ROCK was unbelievably bested by DA ZAGAGNA in a slow 34 minute veteran's duel.
POWERSLAVE was savagely defeated by BISHAMON in a popular 2 minute veteran's melee.
HATRED demolished LEAD PIPE in a 1 minute bloody mismatched competition.
SWIFT DEMISE murdered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched match.
BLOODTHIRST overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 18 - 12 - 0 60 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 STRIKING ATTACK 29 - 23 - 4 56 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 15 - 14 - 0 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 8 - 2 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 12 - 2 45 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 22 - 27 - 1 45 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 12 - 18 - 1 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 9 - 1 31 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 500 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:
WALL OF STEEL 3 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 1 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK VILENESS 7110 11 6 1 119 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
TOTAL PARRY SGT. ROCK 6775 34 14 0 138 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
WALL OF STEEL RESENTMENT 7038 16 13 0 94 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
LUNGING ATTACK OCTOPUS 7207 11 3 1 92 AVENGERS (146)
AIMED BLOW HATRED 7068 11 8 1 71 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is BISHAMON 7069. The most popular warrior this turn
was OCTOPUS 7207. The ten other most popular fighters were BISHAMON 7069, BAKERS 7
7257, RESENTMENT 7038, CHARYBDIS 7119, NILE PRINCESS 7274, HATRED 7068, VILENESS
7110, POWERSLAVE 6724, BLOODTHIRST 7291, and RO-JAWS 7281.
The least popular fighter this week was SGT. ROCK 6775. The other ten least popular
fighters were DA ZAGAGNA 6672, LEAD PIPE 7219, LITTER BLASTER 6784, DEPRAVITY 7208,
CONFUSED 7165, KISSIMEE KATE 7286, CROW BAR 7057, SWIFT DEMISE 7290, MAJOR SNAFU
7059, and SEAGULL 6637.