DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/09/2023    Duedate: 09/05/2023

STORMCROWE ARENA

DM-45    TURN-466

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MELIODAS
KNIGHT BREED (403)
(45-4984) [14-5-0,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MELIODAS                       REV GARY DAVIS
KNIGHT BREED (403)             THE BLUES 45 (580)
(45-4984) [14-5-0,113]         (45-5752) [3-4-0,39]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SECURITY GUARD                 RAYNOR
AVID FANS (65)                 KNIGHT BREED (403)
(45-4825) [19-31-1,97]         (45-3549) [19-24-1,97]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

AVID FANS (65)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. GOING BERSERK (527)         40
2. DARQUE FORCES (428)         32      DARQUE FORCES (428)
3. KNIGHT BREED (403)          19      Unchartered Team
4. THE BLUES 45 (580)          12
5. DEAD SILENCE (581)           5      THE BLUES 45 (580)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 DARQUE FORCES (428)      712 472 38 60.1   1/ 2 AVID FANS (65)           10  5 0
 2- 3 FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)  39  29  1 57.4   2/ 3 KNIGHT BREED (403)        9  6 0
 3/ 4 GOING BERSERK (527)      178 155 12 53.5   3/ 1 DARQUE FORCES (428)       9  6 0
 4/ 8*THE BLUES 45 (580)        17  15  0 53.1   4/ 5*THE BLUES 45 (580)        6  6 0
 5/ 5 AVID FANS (65)           291 269 24 52.0   5/ 8*DEAD SILENCE (581)        5  5 0
 6- 6 RAT PAK (79)              85  79  3 51.8   6/ 4 GOING BERSERK (527)       5  6 0
 7/ 7 KNIGHT BREED (403)       111 105  6 51.4   7- 7 RAT PAK (79)              2  0 1
 8/ 2*DEAD SILENCE (581)         5   5  0 50.0   8- 6 FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)  1  2 0
 9- 9 BATTLE SHIPS (552)        48  58  2 45.3   9- 9 BATTLE SHIPS (552)        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.

[last turn?]

It has been an honor and a pleasure to have reigned over you all. Lot of skilled and 
rugged warriors here in Veastian. Good luck to you all.

Anyhoo. My intriguing stats: 9+2-10-10-17-17-11-12, shortspear, mod/very hi, Master 
init, Master attack, AdEx riposte, AdEx defense. Learned riposte. Sadly, Mr. Furious 
died. He was almost my twin. We'll see at the Dead Tourney.

Thank you all.

                                          -- Frenzy

*********

A valiant attempt by Chelsea Dagger, but she must not have made friends in the 
commissioner's office if she's getting "random" matchups with recognition difference 
like that.    My challenge this turn goes to Raynor, who has the lowest active ID# in 
our arena.

                                          -- M.C. Avid Fans
                                             2-time Duelmaster of Stormcrowe

                                      SPY REPORT

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon STORMCROWE, 
for I, Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  DARQUE FORCES?  Who?  AVID FANS is the top 
team these days, buddies!  What's a move up by 3 you ask?  (alright, maybe you didn't 
ask)  Cause for celebration, according to DEAD SILENCE.  Good things come to those 
who fight well, as THE BLUES 45 can attest, moving up by 1.  GOING BERSERK had cause 
to celebrate, after ZYBOM got 22 points by beating SECURITY GUARD.  SECURITY GUARD 
certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to ZYBOM and losing 17 
points in the process!  What can be a greater victory?  MELIODAS has taken his place 
as the top, as STORMCROWE's new Duelmaster.  Word has it one team in STORMCROWE is 
taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  I'll bet it works.   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from 
the lion, so did the "warriors" in STORMCROWE avoid KNIGHT BREED.  As a woman of good 
breeding scorns the "warriors" of AVID FANS, so did that sorry team shy from KNIGHT 
BREED Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  
Whatever it is, RAYNOR is the most challenged warrior.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the 
arena.  A certain tavern in STORMCROWE would I avoid!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat!  
Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for STORMCROWE?  On that 
giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MELIODAS 4984                14   5  0   113       KNIGHT BREED (403)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-YAK 5296                     17   9  2   107       GOING BERSERK (527)
 ADVANCE SCOUT 5580           15   5  0   105       AVID FANS (65)
 SECURITY GUARD 4825          19  31  1    97       AVID FANS (65)
 RAYNOR 3549                  19  24  1    97       KNIGHT BREED (403)
 PAYNE ERYE 5675              19  11  1    95       DARQUE FORCES (428)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZYBOM 5744                    8   5  0    90       GOING BERSERK (527)
 M.C. 5369                    15   9  0    89       AVID FANS (65)
 TRAUMA QUEEN 5742             9   1  0    88       DARQUE FORCES (428)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-JUICE BOX 5452               11   8  0    79       FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)
 ONTOR 5709                   12  14  2    78       GOING BERSERK (527)
 CHELSEA DAGGER 5731          12   7  0    77       DARQUE FORCES (428)
 THE BRUTE SQUAD 5326         13  25  2    75       AVID FANS (65)
-EXPOSE 5455                   8   6  0    70       FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARLOCK 4876                 14   8  0    63       KNIGHT BREED (403)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPACE DANDY 4875             15   7  4    56       KNIGHT BREED (403)
 BIG BEN 5720                 13  12  0    55       GOING BERSERK (527)
 BRAWLIPOP 5714               14  10  1    54       DARQUE FORCES (428)
-SWEET EMOTION 5623            6   4  0    52       FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)
-YAMATO 5083                  10  10  0    50       BATTLE SHIPS (552)
 PEANUT SALESMAN 5676          6   6  0    50       AVID FANS (65)
 REV GARY DAVIS 5752           3   4  0    39       THE BLUES 45 (580)
-BATTLE WAGON 5275             7  10  1    38       BATTLE SHIPS (552)
-MIA-RAT 5569                  8  13  0    37       RAT PAK (79)
 SHIELDGORE 5756               7   2  0    37       DARQUE FORCES (428)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BULLS 5758                    5   2  0    33       GOING BERSERK (527)
-ZED-RAT 5671                  4   3  0    32       RAT PAK (79)
-PINK ANDERON 5749             2   2  0    32       THE BLUES 45 (580)
 ELIZABETH COTTEN 5750         4   3  0    27       THE BLUES 45 (580)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRUNALD 5764                  2   0  0    23       DEAD SILENCE (581)
 GLADYS BENTLEY 5751           4   3  0    21       THE BLUES 45 (580)
 ZANGETSU 5755                 4   5  0    17       KNIGHT BREED (403)
 JAZZ GILLUM 5753              4   3  0    17       THE BLUES 45 (580)
-WAPENTAKE-RAT 5743            1   0  0    15       RAT PAK (79)
 DENNORUS 5763                 1   1  0     9       DEAD SILENCE (581)
 CASHWYN 5761                  1   1  0     9       DEAD SILENCE (581)
 ECKARD 5765                   1   1  0     8       DEAD SILENCE (581)
-THUNDER-RAT 5747              0   1  0     1       RAT PAK (79)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ARUNDEL 5762            0  2 0 DEAD SILENCE 581     MORDANT DESERTER      466  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ADVANCE SCOUT bested RAYNOR in a 3 minute master's Challenge fight.
THE BRUTE SQUAD was vanquished by PAYNE ERYE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
PEANUT SALESMAN savagely defeated REV GARY DAVIS in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
GLADYS BENTLEY viciously subdued CASHWYN in a 2 minute gory Challenge contest.
JAZZ GILLUM outlasted DENNORUS in a unpopular 8 minute bloody Challenge match.
M.C. was vanquished by MELIODAS in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
SECURITY GUARD was savagely defeated by ZYBOM in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
CHELSEA DAGGER lost to KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
TRAUMA QUEEN vanquished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SPACE DANDY was vanquished by ONTOR in a exciting 1 minute gruesome one-sided fight.
HARLOCK overpowered BIG BEN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BRAWLIPOP subdued HAPPY PEASANT in a 2 minute bloody mismatched competition.
SHIELDGORE luckily beat CAPTURED ORC in a crowd pleasing 12 minute gory match.
ZANGETSU was overcome by ELIZABETH COTTEN in a popular 1 minute conflict.
ECKARD unbelievably bested CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute amateur's bout.
ARUNDEL was slaughtered by MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute bloody one-sided fray.
BRUNALD devastated 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                  10         LUNGING ATTACK    56 -  31 -  2      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         TOTAL PARRY       11 -   7 -  0      61  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  12 -  0      54  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         WALL OF STEEL      9 -   8 -  1      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        15 -  14 -  0      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -  12 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   9 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 466 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    2 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         6  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  5     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  MELIODAS 4984              14   5  0  113 KNIGHT BREED (403)
WALL OF STEEL    ADVANCE SCOUT 5580         15   5  0  105 AVID FANS (65)
LUNGING ATTACK   PAYNE ERYE 5675            19  11  1   95 DARQUE FORCES (428)
SLASHING ATTACK  HARLOCK 4876               14   8  0   63 KNIGHT BREED (403)
AIMED BLOW       BRAWLIPOP 5714             14  10  1   54 DARQUE FORCES (428)
TOTAL PARRY      SHIELDGORE 5756             7   2  0   37 DARQUE FORCES (428)
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 RAYNOR 3549.  The ten other most popular fighters were PEANUT SALESMAN 5676, 
ADVANCE SCOUT 5580, GLADYS BENTLEY 5751, ZYBOM 5744, ONTOR 5709, BRAWLIPOP 5714, 
MELIODAS 4984, CHELSEA DAGGER 5731, TRAUMA QUEEN 5742, and HARLOCK 4876.

The least popular fighter this week was SHIELDGORE 5756.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were JAZZ GILLUM 5753, ARUNDEL 5762, ECKARD 5765, BIG BEN 5720, M.C. 5369, 
DENNORUS 5763, THE BRUTE SQUAD 5326, SPACE DANDY 4875, SECURITY GUARD 4825, and 
CASHWYN 5761.