DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/19/2024    Duedate: 09/14/2024

CHIMLEVTAL ARENA

DM 31    TURN 502

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BISHAMON
AVENGERS (146)
(31-7069) [23-23-0,119]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SGT. ROCK                      BAKERS 7
MILITARY MAYHEM (89)           2212 BOURBON ST (680)
(31-6775) [35-15-0,142]        (31-7257) [6-3-0,83]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BISHAMON                       NILE PRINCESS
AVENGERS (146)                 JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)
(31-7069) [23-23-0,119]        (31-7274) [2-2-0,44]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ASSASSIN NATION (515)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)         58 
2. 2212 BOURBON ST (680)         23    USEFUL WEAPONS (636)
3. WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)     23    Unchartered Team
4. BOOK OF THOMAS (652)          21 
5. MILITARY MAYHEM (89)          21    2212 BOURBON ST (680)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3*2212 BOURBON ST (680)      6   4  0 60.0   1/ 1 ASSASSIN NATION (515)     9  6 2
 2/ 1 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)     292 201 14 59.2   2/ 4 THE OTHER ONES (404)      5  2 0
 3/ 2 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)     447 348 29 56.2   3/ 2 AVENGERS (146)            5  4 0
 4/ 4 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)453 387 19 53.9   4/ 3 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 5 10 0
 5/ 6 ASSASSIN NATION (515)    471 481 66 49.5   5/ 6*JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)     3  3 1
 6/ 7 AVENGERS (146)           591 657 44 47.4   6/ 7 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      3  5 0
 7/ 8 THE OTHER ONES (404)     114 137 13 45.4   7/ 8 BIRDS (647)               2  1 0
 8/ 0 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      56  69  6 44.8   8/ 9*2212 BOURBON ST (680)     2  1 0
 9/ 9 BIRDS (647)               40  51  1 44.0   9/ 0 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      2  2 0
10/10*JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)      4   8  1 33.3  10/ 5 USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      1  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.

Trust me, I'm surprised I still hold onto the throne as well!

My challenge went through to Sgt. Rock and he gave me quite the workout. Took nine blows to drop him, five of them critical.  It would be less work to cut down a sequois with a dull axe!  I guess you don't get to 34 wins if you can't take a beating.

I'll try him again this turn with a slightly different strategy to see what differences it might make.  Also, would like to grab that Chartered Recognition Leader title.

Salut!

                                        Somehow still your Duelmaster,

                                        Vileness

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome CHIMLEVTAL.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights 
have I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Phhbltt!  Too much 
drinking and too little dodging gave USEFUL WEAPONS a 0-2-0!  I got a good laugh out 
of it!  Some people say I ramble too much, I don't say anything relevant.  I repeat 
myself.  I ramble.  Well MILITARY MAYHEM moved up 1, to 6th.  What's with BAKERS 7?  
It actually beat WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U!'s POWERSLAVE, and walked away with 23 more 
points from the fight.  Major screwup at USEFUL WEAPONS.  SHOVEL lost 13 points to 
CAPTAIN MARVEL.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe SHOVEL will provide more easy 
wins...  I'm sure CHIMLEVTAL is excited about BISHAMON, the new Duelmaster from 
AVENGERS.  (remember?)  But when you've seen as many as I have...  Wouldn't it be 
nice to have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses 
of convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  CHIMLEVTAL thinks 
ASSASSIN NATION and their 471-481-66 is too much!  If at first you don't succeed, 
give up...  Management must be dealin', as the boys at MILITARY MAYHEM ain't reelin'! 
ASSASSIN NATION's mad!  How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged 
warrior, SEAGULL!  Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  CONFUSED looked pretty sick and surprised when he learned 
ASSASSIN NATION is sending him to the Dark Arena!  Whadd'he expect with a 5-6-1?  
Many a warrior has met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You young rapscallions, take 
note!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  Are you 
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  I don't want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BISHAMON 7069                23  23  0 119         AVENGERS (146)            

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SGT. ROCK 6775               35  15  0 142         MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      
 LITTER BLASTER 6784          12   6  0 123         WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 
 DA ZAGAGNA 6672              20   3  0 117         WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 
 OCTOPUS 7207                 12   4  1 102         AVENGERS (146)            
 RESENTMENT 7038              18  13  0 101         ASSASSIN NATION (515)     
 SEAGULL 6637                 16  23  1  95         BIRDS (647)               

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VILENESS 7110                12   7  1  90         ASSASSIN NATION (515)     
 HATRED 7068                  12   9  1  83         ASSASSIN NATION (515)     
 BAKERS 7 7257                 6   3  0  83         2212 BOURBON ST (680)     
 WAND 7113                    11   3  0  82         USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      
 HAOMARU 7142                 12  24  1  73         AVENGERS (146)            
 POWERSLAVE 6724              17  10  1  68         WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378) 

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAJOR SNAFU 7059             14   7  0  64         MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHARYBDIS 7119               10  10  1  59         THE OTHER ONES (404)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NILE PRINCESS 7274            2   2  0  44         JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)     
 FAIRY TAIL 7018              10   7  0  38         BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAPTAIN MARVEL 7173           4   2  1  33         MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      
 YOMAZU 7228                   1   1  0  26         BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GANGES GAL 7285               1   0  1  21         JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)     
-DEPRAVITY 7208                3   4  1  20         THE OTHER ONES (404)      
 RIVER WILD 7206               1   2  0  19         BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      
 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN 7293        1   0  0  18         JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)     
 SHOVEL 7279                   2   2  0  17         USEFUL WEAPONS (636)      
 BLOODTHIRST 7291              2   1  0  15         THE OTHER ONES (404)      
 AMAZON BELLE 7288             0   1  0  13         JUNGLE CRUISE 2 (681)     
 SWIFT DEMISE 7290             3   1  2  12         ASSASSIN NATION (515)     
 AZUMA 7229                    1   1  1   9         BOOK OF THOMAS (652)      
 CAPTAIN HOOK 7241             0   1  0   5         MILITARY MAYHEM (89)      

'-' 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                      GANGES GAL 7285        502 NONE
CONFUSED 7165           5  7 1 ASSASSIN NATION 515  BLACK ORC              502 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  
HAYMAKER 7213           4  2 2 THE OTHER ONES 404   LEAD PIPE 7219         499 NONE
FRYING PAN 7294         0  1 0 USEFUL WEAPONS 636   SWIFT DEMISE 7290      501  
DA1 7299                0  1 0 WHAMMO & THUDDA  378 PREACHER               502 NONE
DA2 7300                0  1 0 WHAMMO & THUDDA  378 THE RAGE MAN           502 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Who broke my wand!!! -- Smithy

I need some useful useless weapons! -- Smithy

I feel de-weaponized! I blame Assur. -- Smithy

Vileness -- Well fought ! congrats for taking the throne, and keeping hold of it ! -- 
Litter Blaster and La Guillotine

Wand -- Damn, that was so easy ! Come on, how did you even get that record? Fighting 
only TPs, WoS and a couple NPCs, maybe ? -- Litter Blaster

Haomaru -- Yet a little more payback for Wickedness!  The good news is this will be 
the last turn I will be able to pile on. -- Resentment

Smith -- It turns out that a Frying Pan was not a weapon worthy of you forge. 
Hopefully, you are able to make something better once he has been melted back down. -- 
Swift Demise

Sgt. Rock -- You can take it!  Luckily, I can deal it too.  I'm challenging again as 
you're still the top-rated challenger and you teach well too. -- Vileness

Major Snafu -- Not a surprising result, given the style match-up.  Until later. -- 
Hatred

As for Confused.  I am confused as to why I didn't DA him sooner!

Shovel -- Ouch! -- Bloodthirst

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CONFUSED was barely slain by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA2 was butchered by THE RAGE MAN in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
DA1 was put to death by PREACHER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
RESENTMENT savagely defeated HAOMARU in a 2 minute bloody master's Bloodfeud duel.
HATRED was narrowly defeated by SEAGULL in a 5 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
VILENESS was devastated by BISHAMON in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven Title brawl.
DA ZAGAGNA outlasted OCTOPUS in a crowd pleasing 9 minute brawl.
LITTER BLASTER overpowered WAND in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SGT. ROCK won victory over KHALHUMS DWARF in a slow 5 minute expert's duel.
POWERSLAVE was vanquished by BAKERS 7 in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel.
MAJOR SNAFU outlasted NILE PRINCESS in a popular 8 minute melee.
FAIRY TAIL was defeated by CHARYBDIS in a 2 minute match.
SHOVEL was demolished by CAPTAIN MARVEL in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
RIVER WILD bested PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute battle.
AZUMA was demolished by MISSISSIPPI QUEEN in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
YOMAZU handily defeated SWIFT DEMISE in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
BLOODTHIRST vanquished CAPTAIN HOOK in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
AMAZON BELLE was vanquished by PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
GANGES GAL butchered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 10         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  11 -  0      61  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         AIMED BLOW        16 -  15 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -  11 -  3      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         LUNGING ATTACK    23 -  24 -  1      49  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         STRIKING ATTACK   27 -  31 -  5      47  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  19 -  1      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   8 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   8 -  1      27  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 502 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:

SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  8         2  TOTAL PARRY    
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         2  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SGT. ROCK 6775             35  15  0  142 MILITARY MAYHEM (89)
STRIKING ATTACK  LITTER BLASTER 6784        12   6  0  123 WHAMMO & THUDDA 4U! (378)
LUNGING ATTACK   OCTOPUS 7207               12   4  1  102 AVENGERS (146)
WALL OF STEEL    RESENTMENT 7038            18  13  0  101 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
AIMED BLOW       HATRED 7068                12   9  1   83 ASSASSIN NATION (515)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FAIRY TAIL 7018            10   7  0   38 BOOK OF THOMAS (652)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is BISHAMON 7069.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was NILE PRINCESS 7274.  The ten other most popular fighters were OCTOPUS 7207, 
CONFUSED 7165, HATRED 7068, SEAGULL 6637, BISHAMON 7069, RIVER WILD 7206, RESENTMENT 
7038, BAKERS 7 7257, CHARYBDIS 7119, and YOMAZU 7228.

The least popular fighter this week was DA ZAGAGNA 6672.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SGT. ROCK 6775, AMAZON BELLE 7288, CAPTAIN HOOK 7241, SWIFT DEMISE 
7290, AZUMA 7229, SHOVEL 7279, POWERSLAVE 6724, WAND 7113, VILENESS 7110, and FAIRY 
TAIL 7018.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BISHAMON (31-7069) AVENGERS (146)
SGT. ROCK (31-6775) MILITARY MAYHEM (89)

                                     GREEN VALLEY

Green Valley, DM 87, will be opening soon!  This arena will process on a two-week 
cycle.  Orders for inaugural battles are due on September 11, 2024.

Storm Point, DM 86 will be closed to new teams, effective August 31. Any new teams 
that arrive after that will be rerouted to Green Valley.  DM 86 will continue to 
process on its normal cycle and teams may continue to add new replacement warriors as 
necessary.

                                          -- RSI