DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/27/2019    Duedate: 03/26/2019

NIGHT SLAUGHTERTON ARENA

DM-45    TURN-408

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SEAL DANCER
NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
(45-4686) [21-22-1,97]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SEAL DANCER                    POSITION IS EMPTY
NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)          
(45-4686) [21-22-1,97]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

JACK MCCHOW                    SHARPER IMAGE
LAW DOGS (555)                 YUPPIE HORDE (560)
(45-5104) [19-15-1,89]         (45-5173) [12-18-2,74]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BOOK OF THOMAS (528)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)       27
2. BOOK OF THOMAS (528)        18      PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)
3. PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)      15      Unchartered Team
4. LAW DOGS (555)               6
5. MAIDEN JAPAN (504)           0      DEATH DUELERS (201)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2 DARQUE FORCES (428)      569 354 35 61.6   1- 5 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)        5  1 0
 2/ 3 PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)    97  63  5 60.6   2- 1 DARQUE FORCES (428)       5  3 0
 3/ 5 LAW DOGS (555)            73  59  2 55.3   3/ 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (528)      5  4 0
 4/ 6 YUPPIE HORDE (560)       210 201 13 51.1   4/ 4 YUPPIE HORDE (560)        4  5 2
 5- 7*EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)    10  10  2 50.0   5/ 0 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)     3  2 0
 6/ 9 BOOK OF THOMAS (528)      49  54  3 47.6   6- 2*EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)    3  4 1
 7- 8 BATTLE SHIPS (552)        47  53  2 47.0   7/ 3 LAW DOGS (555)            3  7 0
 8-10 MAIDEN JAPAN (504)        79  94  3 45.7   8/ 9 PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)    2  2 0
 9/ 0 NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)    349 426 11 45.0   9- 8 BATTLE SHIPS (552)        1  0 0
10-11 SIMPLETONS (424)          41  57  1 41.8  10-11 SIMPLETONS (424)          0  1 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.

     Hey!  Look what I found!  A throne!  I'm just here to fight a couple of times and 
graduate -- it is time to clear some space on the roster for the next Slaughterhouse.  
It seems I managed to accomplish both the throne and graduation in one simple fight.  
And now I get to join Jacob Marley, Ichabod Crane and Prowler as Phantoms from this 
arena in ADM.  None of them have been willing to share just what immortality means to 
a phantom, so I guess I get to find out on my own.  
     Since I am graduating and about to retire into immortal bliss, I offer up my 
statistical information for those who might be wondering what made this ship float.  
12(+1)-8-11-17-17(+1)-4-17  Solid numbers, although I didn't get the damage bump I 
wanted out of the strength train.  I do have 14 hidden FE.  I had some solid 
tournaments, going 5-3 a few times, but nothing great.  Ratings, you ask?  Advanced 
Expert in Init, Riposte, Attack and defense.  Master in decise. I have heard about 
parrying, but have never really taken to the idea.  I hate it when people try to do it 
my attacks.  So if I hate it when others do it to me, why would I do it to them?  It 
is sorta the golden-rule of strikers.  Apparently I like the hatchet.  News to me.  
I'll give it a shot this last turn.  
     This is a good arena -- when do you expect another contest?  The Phantoms hope to 
be here for it.  But you can relax, this time I will just be in the stands for it.  

                                      -- The Flying Dutchman
                                         Lord Protector and Duelmaster of Stromcrowe  
                                         (Wait, Night Slaughterton?  What kind of 
                                         name is that?!!!) 

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
NIGHT SLAUGHTERTON brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Later days, DARQUE 
FORCES, since BOOK OF THOMAS took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. 
Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for EVERYTHING 
MAGIK, whose 0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 6th.  Ha!  MAIDEN JAPAN turned 
their 0-0-0 turn into a 1st place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than 
this, and you get put on hit lists.  Now let's all watch BOOK OF THOMAS' heads swell 
from their 3-1-0 this turn.  Haa ha ha ha!  Big shots, big talk, big deal.  Of 
course, we're all terribly impressed to see POLAR FLEECE win a fight and gain 13 
points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, TASTES LIKE CHICKEN beat INSOLENT FURY and INSOLENT FURY 
lost 15 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, 
NIGHT SLAUGHTERTON may be getting bland, as FLYING DUTCHMAN stays top dog in the 
city.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  You want to 
know what's new, don't you, NIGHT SLAUGHTERTON?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  NIGHT 
SLAUGHTERTON, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  INTERNATIONAL the most 
avoided team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And it looks like LAW DOGS 
avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  
Hmph.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for NIGHT 
SLAUGHTERTON's morgue.  More variety.  YUPPIE HORDE has cause to pause today, as 
SHARPER IMAGE was sent to the Dark Arena, and came back--though not in the best of 
moods, I'll wager.  I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone else.  Anyway, 
this turn it came.  BATTLE FROG's 7-6-0 has earned it the Dark Arena.  Titanium 
shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of 
weapons?   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Well, I've had enough of this 
drivel, and I'm sure you have too.  Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather.  Paste 
this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SEAL DANCER 4686             21  22  1    97       NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WAR MAIDEN 4743              20  22  1    99       DARQUE FORCES (428)
-SPECTRE 4651                  6   5  1    98       PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)
 CLAWRENCE DARROW 5105        16   8  1    96       LAW DOGS (555)
-RIME-ANCIENT MARINER 4496    19  12  0    95       MAIDEN JAPAN (504)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRATEFUL DEAD 4525           10  13  0    90       PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)
 JACK MCCHOW 5104             19  15  1    89       LAW DOGS (555)
-RUNNING FREE 4406            18  21  0    83       MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
-BENDER 4804                  12   9  0    79       SIMPLETONS (424)
-CHICAGO 4801                 12   7  0    78       SIMPLETONS (424)
-AMMOZON 5256                  9   4  0    78       DARQUE FORCES (428)
 SHARPER IMAGE 5173           12  18  2    74       YUPPIE HORDE (560)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ARNIE BARKER 5332             6   5  0    66       LAW DOGS (555)
 INSOLENT FURY 5169           17  12  1    65       YUPPIE HORDE (560)
-HMS CENTURIAN 5068           11   6  0    65       BATTLE SHIPS (552)
 PRISM GUARD 4857              9   4  1    57       BOOK OF THOMAS (528)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 URBAN LEGEND 4836             9  13  0    54       BOOK OF THOMAS (528)
-STRANGEWORLD 5319             7  11  0    48       MAIDEN JAPAN (504)
 KWITCHERBICHON 4861           8   8  0    46       BOOK OF THOMAS (528)
-YAMATO 5083                  10   8  0    44       BATTLE SHIPS (552)
-BATTLE WAGON 5275             7   9  1    35       BATTLE SHIPS (552)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOROTHY 5055                  4   2  2    33       BOOK OF THOMAS (528)
-DARQUE WIZARD 5371            3   2  1    33       EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)
 THE ICEMAN 4760               6  11  2    32       NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
-ICE MAGE 5374                 2   2  1    27       EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)
-RAINBOW BYTE 5391             2   0  0    27       DARQUE FORCES (428)
 FROST GIANT 4784              4   7  0    24       NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ATALI 4770                    4   9  0    22       NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
-BEAST SUMMONER 5375           3   1  0    18       EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)
 POLAR FLEECE 4817             2   1  0    18       NORTHERN LIGHTS (393)
-BIRDIE 5386                   1   0  0    15       BOOK OF THOMAS (528)
-POISON IV 5338                3   3  1    14       DARQUE FORCES (428)
-ILL-MAGUS 5392                1   1  0     5       EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)
-EVIL WARLOCK 5373             0   3  0     3       EVERYTHING MAGIK (567)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SHEWISH GIANT           0  0 0 DARK ARENA           SHARPER IMAGE 5173    408  NONE
HEDGE WITCH 5372        1  1 0 EVERYTHING MAGIK 567 POISON IV 5338        405  REVENGED
BUMP 5397               0  1 0 PHANTOM REGIMENT 496 DARK CHAMPION         408  NONE
BATTLE FROG 5167        7  7 0 YUPPIE HORDE 560     SPYMASTER             408  NONE
TANK YOU! 5398          0  1 0 YUPPIE HORDE 560     NAUGHTY JANITOR       408  NONE
UPTOWN FUNK 5168        1 10 0 YUPPIE HORDE 560     WURM KIN              408  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SHARPER IMAGE butchered SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BATTLE FROG was murdered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
UPTOWN FUNK was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
TANK YOU! was slaughtered by NAUGHTY JANITOR in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
BUMP was assassinated by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
FLYING DUTCHMAN subdued CLAWRENCE DARROW in a 1 minute master's competition.
SEAL DANCER defeated JACK MCCHOW in a 1 minute veteran's Title struggle.
INSOLENT FURY was handily defeated by TASTES LIKE CHICKEN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ARNIE BARKER vanquished DOROTHY in a action packed 1 minute uneven duel.
URBAN LEGEND overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
PRISM GUARD defeated THE ICEMAN in a action packed 1 minute match.
KWITCHERBICHON overpowered ATALI in a exciting 3 minute bloody one-sided fight.
FROST GIANT unbelievably bested CULT MEMBER in a exciting 4 minute contest.
POLAR FLEECE demolished CHOPPED LIVER in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  11 -  1      61  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  15 -  1      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  12 -  3      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    33 -  25 -  5      57  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-LUNGE        7 -   7 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         AIMED BLOW        14 -  15 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  20 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK    1 -   2 -  1      33  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 408 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    1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  3         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  3         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  CLAWRENCE DARROW 5105      16   8  1   96 LAW DOGS (555)
LUNGING ATTACK   JACK MCCHOW 5104           19  15  1   89 LAW DOGS (555)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JACK MCCHOW 5104.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SHARPER IMAGE 5173.  The ten other most popular fighters were KWITCHERBICHON 
4861, ATALI 4770, ARNIE BARKER 5332, URBAN LEGEND 4836, SEAL DANCER 4686, PRISM GUARD 
4857, CLAWRENCE DARROW 5105, THE ICEMAN 4760, TANK YOU! 5398, and JACK MCCHOW 5104.

The least popular fighter this week was INSOLENT FURY 5169.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were BUMP 5397, UPTOWN FUNK 5168, BATTLE FROG 5167, POLAR FLEECE 
4817, FROST GIANT 4784, DOROTHY 5055, JACK MCCHOW 5104, TANK YOU! 5398, THE ICEMAN 
4760, and CLAWRENCE DARROW 5105.

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

FLYING DUTCHMAN (45-4469) PHANTOM REGIMENT (496)

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Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in June.  We hope 
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                                          -- RSI