DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/13/2022    Duedate: 08/09/2022

STORMCROWE ARENA

DM-45    TURN-452

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MAR-A-LAGO
YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
(45-5566) [17-15-1,121]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MAR-A-LAGO                     POSITION IS EMPTY
YUPPIE SHELTER (576)           
(45-5566) [17-15-1,121]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SECURITY GUARD                 ONTOR
AVID FANS (65)                 GOING BERSERK (527)
(45-4825) [15-29-1,99]         (45-5709) [7-6-2,56]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

YUPPIE SHELTER (576)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. KNIGHT BREED (403)          28
2. DARQUE FORCES (428)         26      DARQUE FORCES (428)
3. RAT PAK (79)                25      Unchartered Team
4. YUPPIE SHELTER (576)         5
5. GOING BERSERK (527)          3      SURREAL DESIGNS (422)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 DARQUE FORCES (428)      671 449 37 59.9   1/ 1 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)      9  3 1
 2/ 2 GOING BERSERK (527)      157 134 12 54.0   2/ 3 RAT PAK (79)              6  1 0
 3/ 3 AVID FANS (65)           275 256 24 51.8   3/ 2 DARQUE FORCES (428)       6  8 1
 4/ 5 RAT PAK (79)              76  74  2 50.7   4/ 4 GOING BERSERK (527)       4  7 1
 5/ 4 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)      76  76  2 50.0   5/ 0 KNIGHT BREED (403)        3  2 0
 6/ 0 KNIGHT BREED (403)        72  74  3 49.3   6/ 5 AVID FANS (65)            3  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

     Hail STORMCROWE!  Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for 
your deeds.  M.C. challenged for the Duelmastership this turn, attempting to dethrone 
YUPPIE SHELTER's warrior.  Defending its title for another turn, MAR-A-LAGO kept AVID 
FANS' warrior, M.C., from claiming the throne.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have 
heard from unimpeachable sources that The Shadow's Fountain uses trolls in their 
stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     He who challenges well, fights well.  He who avoids without cause, shall lose 
for good reasons.  My mama told me that one.  I also notice that the GOING BERSERK 
stable was the most avoided team this turn.  Come on STORMCROWE, what are you afraid 
of?  And guess who avoided GOING BERSERK stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was 
AVID FANS.  Anyone surprised?  The most challenged warrior this turn was AVID FANS' 
warrior THE BRUTE SQUAD.  More fighters challenged him than challenged the 
Duelmaster!  In a brave attempt, PAYNE ERYE from DARQUE FORCES challenged up 22 
points to fight BIG BEN from the GOING BERSERK stable.  PAYNE ERYE perhaps got hers 
just desserts, seeing as she beat BIG BEN and ended up with 56 recognition points.   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  The Shadow's Fountain declares a free round for BLIZZARD-RAT and all 
of RAT PAK, for having revenged GOING BERSERK's ONTOR for killing one of their 
comrades.  We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies.  
You know who you are; and it's considered rude.   
     I like this place, STORMCROWE, the taverns have old wine, and young serving 
girls.  Who could ask for more?  It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet 
again, keep your swords sharp and your hammers heavy.  Until the sun next rises and 
my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAR-A-LAGO 5566              17  15  1   121       YUPPIE SHELTER (576)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLIZZARD-RAT 516             30  10  0   118       RAT PAK (79)
-YAK 5296                     17   9  2   107       GOING BERSERK (527)
 SECURITY GUARD 4825          15  29  1    99       AVID FANS (65)
 PANIC ROOM 5561              17  15  1    98       YUPPIE SHELTER (576)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 M.C. 5369                    11   8  0    89       AVID FANS (65)
 WHITE HOUSE 5562             14  16  0    79       YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
-ADVANCE SCOUT 5580           11   3  0    74       AVID FANS (65)
 RAZOR-RAT 5670                9   5  0    74       RAT PAK (79)
 RAYNOR 3549                  14  15  1    67       KNIGHT BREED (403)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE BRUTE SQUAD 5326         12  20  2    58       AVID FANS (65)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PAYNE ERYE 5675              10   6  0    56       DARQUE FORCES (428)
 ONTOR 5709                    7   6  2    56       GOING BERSERK (527)
 BIG BEN 5720                 10  10  0    40       GOING BERSERK (527)
-MIA-RAT 5569                  8  13  0    37       RAT PAK (79)
 MELIODAS 4984                 4   1  0    36       KNIGHT BREED (403)
 CHELSEA DAGGER 5731           4   1  0    36       DARQUE FORCES (428)
 SPACE DANDY 4875              6   2  1    35       KNIGHT BREED (403)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ZED-RAT 5671                  4   3  0    32       RAT PAK (79)
 BRAWLIPOP 5714                6   4  1    27       DARQUE FORCES (428)
 HARLOCK 4876                  5   3  0    26       KNIGHT BREED (403)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SANDALS 5693                  4   6  0    20       YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
 WAPENTAKE-RAT 5743            1   0  0    15       RAT PAK (79)
 PEANUT SALESMAN 5676          3   3  0    13       AVID FANS (65)
 ZYBOM 5744                    1   0  0    11       GOING BERSERK (527)
 MARY CHOPPINS 5741            0   1  0     1       DARQUE FORCES (428)
-ASH'RAK 5739                  0   1  0     1       GOING BERSERK (527)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
TRUSTWORTHY SCRI        0  0 0                      BRAWLIPOP 5714        452  NONE
DEAD 5704               0  1 0 KNIGHT BREED 403     HIGH ELF              452  NONE
TIA-RAT 5667            5  7 0 RAT PAK 79           ONTOR 5709            451  JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

The Brute Squad -- I did get the distinct feeling I was fighting more than one fighter 
during our recent battles. I wonder how your manager got you past the GC security 
protocols? lol -- Razor-Rat

This team sure does lose a lot of it's warriors. :( -- Ghost of Tia-Rat

Air BnB -- Begone ye olde beast, quit making fun of an olde beastie like me -- 
Security Guard

Razor-Rat -- You on the other hand, Mr. Vermin, are the only one that I'm actually 
able to challenge, so hopefully round 3 is better for me. -- The Brute Squad

Ash'Rak -- Apparently, that was MC's strategy, not mine.  Unfortunately, the 
commission won't remove the win from my record -- Peanut Salesman

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DEAD was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BLIZZARD-RAT won victory over ONTOR in a 6 minute brutal uneven Bloodfeud battle.
M.C. was overpowered by MAR-A-LAGO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title duel.
SECURITY GUARD devastated WHITE HOUSE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
THE BRUTE SQUAD was demolished by RAZOR-RAT in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
PAYNE ERYE vanquished BIG BEN in a 1 minute brutal mismatched Challenge fight.
PANIC ROOM devastated RAYNOR in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
CHELSEA DAGGER slimly lost to CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute gruesome beginner's melee.
MELIODAS vanquished PEANUT SALESMAN in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
SPACE DANDY overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
BRAWLIPOP put to death TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 2 minute bout.
HARLOCK overpowered OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
MARY CHOPPINS was devastated by ZYBOM in a 1 minute brutal mismatched conflict.
WAPENTAKE-RAT demolished POLITE BEGGAR 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|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  11         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW        20 -  14 -  1      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  34 -  0      55  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  14 -  3      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK   11 -  22 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 452 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   MAR-A-LAGO 5566            17  15  1  121 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
TOTAL PARRY      BLIZZARD-RAT 516           30  10  0  118 RAT PAK (79)
LUNGING ATTACK   PANIC ROOM 5561            17  15  1   98 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
STRIKING ATTACK  MELIODAS 4984               4   1  0   36 KNIGHT BREED (403)
WALL OF STEEL    SPACE DANDY 4875            6   2  1   35 KNIGHT BREED (403)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SECURITY GUARD 4825.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ONTOR 5709.  The ten other most popular fighters were MELIODAS 4984, 
BRAWLIPOP 5714, MAR-A-LAGO 5566, PAYNE ERYE 5675, PANIC ROOM 5561, HARLOCK 4876, 
ZYBOM 5744, SECURITY GUARD 4825, RAZOR-RAT 5670, and CHELSEA DAGGER 5731.

The least popular fighter this week was MARY CHOPPINS 5741.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were PEANUT SALESMAN 5676, RAYNOR 3549, BIG BEN 5720, WHITE HOUSE 
5562, M.C. 5369, DEAD 5704, WAPENTAKE-RAT 5743, SPACE DANDY 4875, THE BRUTE SQUAD 
5326, and BLIZZARD-RAT 516.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BLIZZARD-RAT (45-516) RAT PAK (79)

                          Name Change-o-Rama -- Final Update

      The gladiators looked around at the Commission's administrative office on the 
Isle of the Eye.  They'd been here before.  The standard boxy building, the scurrying 
clerks, the... goats browsing on the landscaping.  Not as many goats this time as 
before, only three.  One came over to Zeke (not his arena name) and nuzzled his 
pockets.  He scratched at the base of its floppy ears, lacking a snack to offer.  He 
looked at one of the clerks.  "I thought you got rid of the goats last year," Zeke 
said.
      "These are new goats," the clerk said with a sigh.  "They're going to be shipped 
out next week."  He looked hopeful.  "They like you, could you stay until then?"
      Zeke sighed.  Minding three goats sounded more enjoyable than fighting in the 
arena.  "I'd have to ask my manager."  

                                       * * * * 

      Snatching his parchment away from a very determined goat, who apparently thought 
it was a tasty snack, Rodney quickly dipped his pen in ink and began to write.  "It is 
our pleasure and honor to note that sixty-seven gladiators and teams have elected to 
change their names, supporting the contribution of goats to deserving people.  With 
the Commission's matching funds, this has purchased three goats--a good goat can't be 
purchased for a copper, you know.  The goats are already en route to their new homes, 
where they will be--"  He paused and thought about it.  "--very welcome.  We wish all 
the best to the goats and their new owners."