DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/06/2021    Duedate: 09/02/2021

XOCHITHLAN ARENA

DM-39    TURN-418

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MANILA
WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
(39-3923) [8-3-0,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MANILA                         POSITION IS EMPTY
WORLD BLADES 8 (466)           
(39-3923) [8-3-0,121]          

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

APPLE BLOSSOM                  RIGHT HIP (3)
THE MIDDLE WAY (385)           BIONIC MAN (490)
(39-4109) [16-18-0,84]         (39-4289) [9-1-1,107]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BOOK OF THOMAS (479)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WORLD BLADES 8 (466)        37
2. BOOK OF THOMAS (479)        33      BIONIC MAN (490)
3. DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)       23      Unchartered Team
4. BASH BROS BABY (461)        20
5. DARQUE ANGELS (402)          0      B-BODYS (92)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 BIONIC MAN (490)          35  11  2 76.1   1/ 1 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)      9  3 1
 2- 2 DARQUE ANGELS (402)      206 112 13 64.8   2- 3 DARQUE ANGELS (402)       7  3 0
 3/ 3 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)    307 210 19 59.4   3/ 4 BASH BROS BABY (461)      7  7 0
 4/ 4 BASH BROS BABY (461)     205 161  9 56.0   4/ 5 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)     5  7 1
 5/ 5 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)     137 112 12 55.0   5/ 2 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)      4 11 0
 6/ 0 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)      36  39  1 48.0   6/ 6 BIONIC MAN (490)          3  3 0
 7/ 6 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)     534 608 14 46.8   7/ 0 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)      2  1 0
 8/ 7 JUSTICE OF STEEL (494)    30  63  2 32.3   8/ 7 JUSTICE OF STEEL (494)    2  4 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in 
XOCHITHLAN.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  
Hey everybody, watch out for BRUNEI, who flew up 22 points in the rankings after 
mashing MITRAL VALVE like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling like a 
basher in the top ten was ROMIR THE SECOND, who dropped 21 points after a 
disappointing (to say the least) bout with RIRORNI CHIEFTAIN.  Try as hard as the 
DARQUE ANGELS stable might, they were unable to find their warrior (and 
ex-Duelmaster) ZAQIEL before this week's fights.  It's a proud day for the WORLD 
BLADES 8 stable, as their warrior, MANILA, ascended the Duelmaster's throne.  Advice 
to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger halberd!   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the XOCHITHLAN arena.  Here's 
a song for you:  Who's afraid of the big, bad DUCKS  UNLIMITED?  Big bad DUCKS 
UNLIMITED.  Big bad DUCKS UNLIMITED.  XOCHITHLAN's afraid of the big bad DUCKS 
UNLIMITED.  Tra la la la la!  Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch BASH BROS BABY's 
act in the arena.  Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from DUCKS 
UNLIMITED.  Well just about everybody wants a piece of SICKNESS, who was this week's 
most challenged warrior.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Remember:  alliances are great, but try and take your ally 
in the arena with you and see what happens.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in XOCHITHLAN have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Well, there goes another Spy 
Report.  Good luck in next week's fights.  Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it 
(boos).  Now that I've got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The 
Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MANILA 3923                   8   3  0   121       WORLD BLADES 8 (466)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RIGHT HIP (3) 4289            9   1  1   107       BIONIC MAN (490)
-ZAQIEL 4071                   9   5  0   106       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 SICKNESS 4242                27  13  0   104       BASH BROS BABY (461)
 BRUNEI 3924                  11   8  0   104       WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
-DUCK DYNASTY 4168            11   4  0    91       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 APPLE BLOSSOM 4109           16  18  0    84       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
-SAMYAZA 4090                 10   3  0    83       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 CELIA DUNCAN 4299             8   3  0    81       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
 DROOL BABY 4243              15  25  0    79       BASH BROS BABY (461)
 MITRAL VALVE 4287            12   3  0    79       BIONIC MAN (490)
 LIFE CHANGES 4273            15  13  1    70       BASH BROS BABY (461)
-KOKABIEL 4056                13   9  1    69       DARQUE ANGELS (402)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLAZE REGICIDE 4329          10  11  0    65       JUSTICE OF STEEL (494)
 DUCK TALES 4297               7   7  2    63       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-LASIC SURGERY 4290            5   4  0    63       BIONIC MAN (490)
 ZEB ARN 4257                 13  20  0    59       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
-IMPLANTS 4288                 5   1  0    59       BIONIC MAN (490)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DONALD DUCK 4225             10  11  1    54       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
 FORTIFIED 4274                7   1  0    49       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
-HEARING AID 4291              4   2  1    49       BIONIC MAN (490)
 DUCK DUCK GOOSE 4244          7   3  0    45       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
 EXPENSES 4294                 8   5  0    43       BASH BROS BABY (461)
 ZENAKU 4280                   5   0  0    43       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 ZOE ALBETA 4296               7  10  0    42       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YENTAL ZEEVE 4298             5  10  0    25       THE MIDDLE WAY (385)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KHARATEESKA 4323              3   4  2    23       JUSTICE OF STEEL (494)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TAKIDOR 4314                  2   0  1    22       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 ROMIR THE SECOND 4322         2   2  0    11       JUSTICE OF STEEL (494)
-ASCENSION 4293                2   2  1    10       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 3000 MILES AWAY 4345          1   0  0    10       BASH BROS BABY (461)
 BASNIVAN 4344                 1   0  0     9       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 GROS MORNE 4286               0   1  0     7       WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
-HAELDEN 4324                  1   2  0     5       JUSTICE OF STEEL (494)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
RIRORNI LOOTER          0  0 0                      TAKIDOR 4314          418  NONE
NISROCH 4112            4  3 1 DARQUE ANGELS 402    DUCK TALES 4297       416   
DEAD DUCK 4346          0  1 0 DUCKS UNLIMITED 143  SWAMP TROLL           418  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Kokabiel -- Gaming (sigh).  Too many characters from other games end up in here.  It 
says "fallen angel of stars," no mention if your an angel of fallen stars.  Plenty of 
sky to watch around here. -- Zeb Arn

Sickness -- Feed him apples. -- Apple Blossom

Najena -- I don't see why us ordinary mortals should have to fight fallen angels. -- 
Celia Duncan, disgruntled

Duck Duck Goose -- Are all three of you capons? -- Zoe Albeta

Zenaku -- You're another one, aren't you, even though you're not officially an angel? 
-- Yental Zeeve

All -- I think I'm going to have to come up with some all-encompassing, world-
threatening story for gladiators to fight and die in.  Sounds like a major job.  
You're all invited to chip in, try livia@reality.com. -- Jorja
P.S.  Is that address still open?

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DEAD DUCK was butchered by SWAMP TROLL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DONALD DUCK unbelievably bested EXPENSES in a dull 19 minute brutal Challenge battle.
DUCK TALES overpowered ZOE ALBETA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
DUCK DUCK GOOSE slimly lost to BLAZE REGICIDE in a 2 minute gory Challenge fight.
SICKNESS savagely defeated CELIA DUNCAN in a 9 minute mismatched competition.
RIGHT HIP (3) viciously subdued DROOL BABY in a crowd pleasing 5 minute bloody match.
MITRAL VALVE was overpowered by BRUNEI in a action packed 1 minute uneven melee.
MANILA vanquished APPLE BLOSSOM in a action packed 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
ZEB ARN was overpowered by LIFE CHANGES in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
FORTIFIED handily defeated YENTAL ZEEVE in a 3 minute one-sided bout.
ZENAKU demolished KHARATEESKA in a 2 minute mismatched match.
ROMIR THE SECOND was handily defeated by RIRORNI CHIEFTAIN in a 2 minute contest.
TAKIDOR murdered RIRORNI LOOTER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
BASNIVAN overcame RIRORNI DESERTER in a 2 minute novice's conflict.
3000 MILES AWAY vanquished GROS MORNE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   2 -  0      75  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        17 -  10 -  0      63  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   6 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   17 -  14 -  0      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE      18 -  16 -  0      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  16 -  0      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  12 -  2      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   8 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     3 -  12 -  0      20  |

Turn 418 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  1     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  MANILA 3923                 8   3  0  121 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
TOTAL PARRY      SICKNESS 4242              27  13  0  104 BASH BROS BABY (461)
BASHING ATTACK   BRUNEI 3924                11   8  0  104 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
AIMED BLOW       CELIA DUNCAN 4299           8   3  0   81 THE MIDDLE WAY (385)
WALL OF STEEL    LIFE CHANGES 4273          15  13  1   70 BASH BROS BABY (461)
LUNGING ATTACK   DUCK DUCK GOOSE 4244        7   3  0   45 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
PARRY-STRIKE     EXPENSES 4294               8   5  0   43 BASH BROS BABY (461)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ZENAKU 4280                 5   0  0   43 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is APPLE BLOSSOM 4109.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was RIGHT HIP (3) 4289.  The ten other most popular fighters were CELIA DUNCAN 
4299, MANILA 3923, BASNIVAN 4344, BLAZE REGICIDE 4329, DROOL BABY 4243, BRUNEI 3924, 
LIFE CHANGES 4273, YENTAL ZEEVE 4298, DUCK TALES 4297, and DUCK DUCK GOOSE 4244.

The least popular fighter this week was EXPENSES 4294.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DONALD DUCK 4225, SICKNESS 4242, GROS MORNE 4286, ZEB ARN 4257, ZOE 
ALBETA 4296, KHARATEESKA 4323, FORTIFIED 4274, APPLE BLOSSOM 4109, MITRAL VALVE 4287, 
and DEAD DUCK 4346.

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LXV

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BLACK GUARD 3667 (54-54-2)             2  3  0         DARQUE ANGELS        

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
HOCKEY DUCK 937 (66-65-2)              1  3  0         DUCKS UNLIMITED      
MASTEMA 3896 (41-30-1)                 0  3  0         DARQUE ANGELS        

CHALLENGERS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DUCK DYNASTY 4168 (11-4-0)             3  3  0         DUCKS UNLIMITED      

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
NAJENA 3413 (13-7-1)                   2  3  0  DEAD   DARQUE ANGELS        

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
TAKIDOR 4314 (1-0-0)                   2  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
3000 MILES AWAY 4345 (0-0-0)           2  3  0         BASH BROS BABY       
BASNIVAN 4344 (0-0-0)                  2  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       

               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. 

                      RUDE RICK (18-10632) WEIRD STUDENTS  (723) 
                    KNITTED AFGHAN (73-4123) WORLDWIDE GORE  (36) 
                      INNEY AUDI (82-5509) FARFIGNEWTONS  (673) 
               GEORGE W BUSH LEAGUE (82-10150) SAFE ON AN ERROR  (1500) 
                          YUTICU (82-35822) WOTB A30  (5910) 
                   VAMPIRIC MAIL (84-9355) SUPE FORCES 7902  (1693) 
                      PROVE PLANKING (85-12093) JAN 16 T  (2205) 
                          PONDER (85-24880) VERBS II  (4573) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes