DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 03/20/2018 Duedate: 04/16/2018 NORTH FORK ARENA DM-47 TURN-390 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS MUNCHKIN LAND OF OZ (217) (47-8432) [20-14-0,104] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader MUNCHKIN LITTLE BOY LAND OF OZ (217) BOOK OF THOMAS (801) (47-8432) [20-14-0,104] (47-8548) [2-1-0,25] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite HUMBUG VESPASIAN LAND OF OZ (217) WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) (47-8655) [14-10-2,102] (47-4932) [8-6-0,66] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) 30 2. FAST FOOD (724) 21 LAND OF OZ (217) 3. BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) 16 Unchartered Team 4. ROYAL FLUSH (48) 9 5. THE SOVEREIGN (818) 9 DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 LAND OF OZ (217) 856 547 30 61.0 1/ 2 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) 10 4 2 2/ 6 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) 43 34 4 55.8 2/ 1 ROYAL FLUSH (48) 8 7 1 3/ 4 ROYAL FLUSH (48) 944 753 49 55.6 3/ 4 THE SOVEREIGN (818) 8 7 1 4- 5 STAR PRAIRIE (821) 55 44 5 55.6 4- 3 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) 6 2 1 5/ 7 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) 97 80 10 54.8 5/ 7 FAST FOOD (724) 6 6 1 6- 8*METAL KNIGHTS (839) 8 7 1 53.3 6/ 8 WHITE WOLVES (832) 6 9 0 7/13 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) 28 27 1 50.9 7/13*DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) 5 5 1 8/12 FAST FOOD (724) 174 170 12 50.6 8/ 6 LAND OF OZ (217) 4 7 0 9/11 BASH BROS PARK (766) 125 123 10 50.4 9/15 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) 3 1 0 10/18*DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) 5 5 1 50.0 10/10 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) 3 2 0 11-14 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) 143 150 8 48.8 11- 5*METAL KNIGHTS (839) 3 2 0 12-15 SPECTRAL STEEL (778) 77 81 3 48.7 12-11 STAR PRAIRIE (821) 2 0 0 13/16 WHITE WOLVES (832) 34 43 0 44.2 13/14*BOOK OF THOMAS (801) 2 13 0 14/19 THE SOVEREIGN (818) 45 75 3 37.5 14-16 SPECTRAL STEEL (778) 1 0 0 15/20 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) 29 52 0 35.8 15/12 BASH BROS PARK (766) 1 4 0 16/22*BOOK OF THOMAS (801) 2 13 0 13.3 16/22 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) 0 3 0 17/ 0*STEVEN'S BASHERS (827) 0 9 0 0.0 17/ 0*STEVEN'S BASHERS (827) 0 2 0 Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K '*' 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. Well, all I can say is for an experiment that proved to be a failure, spending three turns as North Fork's Duelmaster is a pretty decent failure. For those who are interested, my starting numbers were 11-16-10-15-17-12-3. After stat raises in STR/CN/WIT/WILL and 81 learned skills, I, Jack B. Quick am slowly moving on. Records show me at +2 init, either +1 or +2 in Rip, and -1 in Defence, while being mode in Attack/Decise. The boss thinks had I been able to learn some decise, my career would have turned out better, but with a lack of decise skills, and relatively non-existent parry/defence and riposte skills, the losses just kept adding up. And to humour me in the end, the commission informed me that my favourite weapon was the Epee. Yeah, right, who would have tried that one out for size. -- Jack B. Quick Royal Flush 3 time Duelmaster of North Fork SPY REPORT I can't believe the violence in NORTH FORK! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Like, ROYAL FLUSH had to be so embarrassed when they got kicked off #1 spot by BIG LAKE GROOVE! Way to go BIG LAKE GROOVE! I don't wanna hurt anybody's feelings or anything, but METAL KNIGHTS really goofed with their 0-0-0. DOWNWARD SPIRAL like really fought hard to move up to 7th from 13th. Way to go! One team deserves special mention 'cause they moved up 2 after going 3-1-0. Keep it up, FAST FOOD! MVP award for WHIRLPOOL? DOWNWARD SPIRAL's proud of her after beating MAXIMILLIAN and getting 15 points. Talk about yer big time losers! ARMENIUS got smashed by P-NUT FIREBEARD, and lost 10 points! The Duelmaster isn't going to stop just cause he's Number One! THE CHOSEN ONE knows this. He was Dark Arena Challenged by the Duelmaster. This Duelmaster is like something else! JACK B. QUICK stopped THE CHOSEN ONE dead in his tracks! I hear the top team insists all their warriors get nine hours sleep. They want photogenic fighters for PR photos. I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies. Really, I just wing this stuff. BIG LAKE GROOVE was the most avoided team. Is a 97-80-10 record really that scary? Is there some deep dark secret why LAND OF OZ's been avoiding BIG LAKE GROOVE so much? Or is it just that they're too scared? Like, is DING DONG popular, or what? It was challenged the most in all of NORTH FORK! It's got a 1-3-0, is that good? See if I ever talk to STYLE CHANGER again! KANSAS was so low when He challenged he. Hhmph! Is this how BIG LAKE GROOVE advances, by having their members (STYLE CHANGER) fight people that are really below them (KANSAS)? MARATHON MAN is being unfair. He's challenged down 28 against FEATHER. I don't know why they let this stuff go on. (I'd better shut up) I was sorry to see such an unfair "fight" in NORTH FORK. MARATHON MAN got 3 points after beating FEATHER, 28 points below him. Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All NORTH FORK ever talks about is fighting! Me, I'm more laid back. Pinch me, I must be dreaming!!! JACK B. QUICK returns from the Dark Arena, maybe a "little upset" at his ROYAL FLUSH teammates... Like, who is this guy??? DATABASE EDITOR gets sent to the Dark Arena, battles ZORSEA, and returns to tell of it!!! I bet BIG LAKE GROOVE manager is surprised! Ooh! The suspense is killing me! 80'S DISCO has like just one turn to Bloodfeud STYLE CHANGER of BIG LAKE GROOVE! Will they do it??? Fight, fight, fight. Is that all you guys can do? I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be a famous Spyreporter? I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it quits. I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MUNCHKIN 8432 20 14 0 104 LAND OF OZ (217) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -GRANULO 8496 19 13 0 107 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) HUMBUG 8655 14 10 2 102 LAND OF OZ (217) BULLY 8410 13 14 0 99 BASH BROS PARK (766) STYLE CHANGER 9162 10 9 2 99 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) WHIPPED CREAM 8768 15 12 1 94 FAST FOOD (724) FRUIT CUP 9024 11 13 4 93 FAST FOOD (724) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MUMMY MUSKETEER 8146 12 8 0 90 SPECTRAL STEEL (778) -HAWKINS 8949 11 7 0 83 STAR PRAIRIE (821) POUTINE 8769 14 13 1 81 FAST FOOD (724) -VIKING VAMPIRE 8992 14 8 0 78 SPECTRAL STEEL (778) -HARRY SLAUGHTER 8493 9 5 1 78 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) -HENCHMAN 8756 8 3 0 76 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) -VARS FOLLEY 9025 10 5 3 68 STAR PRAIRIE (821) AMIINANY DANGER 8491 11 7 1 67 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VESPASIAN 4932 8 6 0 66 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) KANSAS 9062 8 6 0 66 LAND OF OZ (217) -A DLEGG 9204 11 5 0 64 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) RETURN OF THE KING 9124 7 5 0 62 ROYAL FLUSH (48) -PROBUS 4910 6 4 0 62 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) -CRYING KID 8392 6 5 0 61 BASH BROS PARK (766) SLUSH PUPPY 9023 17 7 0 58 FAST FOOD (724) BLACK CHAOS 8872 11 14 0 57 THE SOVEREIGN (818) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME QUEEN LATIFAH 9038 7 11 0 55 ROYAL FLUSH (48) -LICINIUS 4912 5 4 0 54 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) -MUD PATH 8767 7 4 0 52 BASH BROS PARK (766) -LACKEY 8760 5 5 0 50 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) P-NUT FIREBEARD 8874 9 14 0 49 THE SOVEREIGN (818) -DUMBLEGORE 8492 7 7 1 48 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) ACE MERRILL 9319 6 3 0 47 ROYAL FLUSH (48) ALIISZA 8871 8 14 1 44 THE SOVEREIGN (818) GALLIENUS 4956 5 6 1 44 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) -HEADLESS NICK 8776 6 6 0 41 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) GLADIUS 8873 8 16 0 40 THE SOVEREIGN (818) -MADCAP 9306 5 6 2 40 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) ARMENIUS 9159 8 8 0 38 WHITE WOLVES (832) -RON WE SLAY 8494 8 6 1 37 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) -HACKER 9156 5 4 0 37 STAR PRAIRIE (821) -AUGUSTUS 4909 3 6 0 37 WHOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (541) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MARATHON MAN 9313 8 2 0 32 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) DIONEXUS 9157 6 10 0 32 WHITE WOLVES (832) -LEGIONNAIRE LICH 9009 4 3 0 31 SPECTRAL STEEL (778) PARADIGM 9018 5 7 0 29 THE SOVEREIGN (818) -HELLYEAH 9347 2 1 1 28 METAL KNIGHTS (839) -DISTURBED 9350 2 1 0 28 METAL KNIGHTS (839) -BRAINS 9296 5 5 0 25 LAND OF OZ (217) LITTLE BOY 8548 2 1 0 25 BOOK OF THOMAS (801) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BELISARIUS 9302 5 5 0 24 WHITE WOLVES (832) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LEAF 9384 2 0 1 23 DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) -JACKYL 9349 2 1 0 22 METAL KNIGHTS (839) ADDICTION 9387 2 0 0 20 DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) -SLIPKNOT 9348 2 1 0 19 METAL KNIGHTS (839) WHIRLPOOL 9385 1 1 0 16 DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) LITTLE VARIOUS 9341 3 4 0 14 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) BRUTUS 9380 2 0 0 14 WHITE WOLVES (832) TENTENABULATION 9381 1 1 0 10 ROYAL FLUSH (48) -STOOGE 9259 2 2 0 8 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) -HELLHOUND HESTATI 9211 1 1 0 8 SPECTRAL STEEL (778) DING DONG 9342 1 3 0 6 LAND OF OZ (217) TELLIUS 9373 1 2 0 5 WHITE WOLVES (832) BA-SHEA 9092 0 2 0 4 STEVEN'S BASHERS (827) -AMARANTHE 9346 0 3 0 3 METAL KNIGHTS (839) FEATHER 9386 0 2 0 2 DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) HAMMERHEAD 9383 0 2 0 2 DOWNWARD SPIRAL (840) -BASH 9073 0 1 0 1 STEVEN'S BASHERS (827) -BASHIM 9074 0 1 0 1 STEVEN'S BASHERS (827) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? RELAX 8706 10 9 0 80'S DISCO 810 STYLE CHANGER 9162 386 NOT REVENGED SEX (I'M A) 8704 10 4 0 80'S DISCO 810 STYLE CHANGER 9162 387 JOLLY GREEN 9255 2 2 0 BIG IDEA 32 COW PIE 9281 386 NONE DIEDIE 9394 0 1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 801 MASTER KELLOGG 390 NONE HEDIES 9391 0 1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 801 MASTER KELLOGG 390 NONE ITDIES 9393 0 1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 801 NOT SO GENTLEBEN 390 NONE SHEDIES 9392 0 1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 801 MASTER KELLOGG 390 NONE LYRIC TENOR 9104 5 5 0 ROYAL FLUSH 48 ALIISZA 8871 388 JUST REVENGED DUDITE 9390 0 1 0 SATAN'S MINIONS 813 VAR'S NEOPHYTE 390 NONE BASHERE 9075 0 3 0 STEVEN'S BASHERS 827 LEAF 9384 390 CAPTAIN RONDO 9205 8 7 0 WEIRD ALCHEMY 480 WHIPPED CREAM 8768 388 REVENGED CRASSUS 9357 1 1 0 WHITE WOLVES 832 MADCAP 9306 388 LYCURGUS 9356 0 1 0 WHITE WOLVES 832 HELLYEAH 9347 386 NOT REVENGED PERSONAL ADS White Wolves -- Ah well, what is there to say? Unfortunately Madcap cannot really be held accountable for his own actions and nothing we can say seems to make any sense to him... Or is it the reverse? Weird Alchemy Brains -- You are a fine opponent, I look forward to our next meeting on the sands of the arena! -- Armenius Feather -- I hope your leg heals nicely and does not leave a scar! My fellow White Wolves have had a good laugh at my expense because my first victory was against one of the fairer sex! -- Tellius Madcap -- Congratulations on your impressive skill learns in our recent bout. I doubt you will live long enough to benefit from them! That is one each, best out of three! -- Dionexus Marathon Man -- That was a good work out! -- Belisarius Hammerhead -- Try wearing some better armour next time! Good luck in the arena! -- Brutus Hellyeah -- How did that feel? -- Armenius LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS JACK B. QUICK viciously butchered THE CHOSEN ONE in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight. DATABASE EDITOR savagely slew ZORSEA in a exciting 2 minute gory Dark Arena melee. ITDIES was slaughtered by NOT SO GENTLEBEN in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl. SHEDIES was butchered by MASTER KELLOGG in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. HEDIES was assassinated by MASTER KELLOGG in a 1 minute Dark Arena match. DIEDIE was butchered by MASTER KELLOGG in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl. DUDITE was slaughtered by VAR'S NEOPHYTE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. STYLE CHANGER overpowered KANSAS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. DIONEXUS was savagely defeated by GLADIUS in a 9 minute gruesome Challenge melee. MARATHON MAN vanquished FEATHER in a 2 minute uneven Challenge duel. LITTLE VARIOUS savagely defeated DING DONG in a 6 minute gruesome Challenge duel. TELLIUS was overpowered by PARADIGM in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided Challenge fight. HUMBUG beat FRUIT CUP in a 2 minute brutal veteran's fight. MUNCHKIN unbelievably bested BULLY in a monotonous 8 minute master's Title conflict. WHIPPED CREAM devastated RETURN OF THE KING in a 1 minute mismatched bout. POUTINE savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute gory duel. VESPASIAN bested ACE MERRILL in a action packed 2 minute brutal duel. BLACK CHAOS was viciously subdued by AMIINANY DANGER in a 2 minute bloody brawl. ALIISZA was savagely defeated by QUEEN LATIFAH in a 2 minute brutal bout. GALLIENUS beat LITTLE BOY in a 2 minute bout. P-NUT FIREBEARD beat ARMENIUS in a 6 minute bloody fight. SLUSH PUPPY outwaited FRATSFA SLAVE in a slow 12 minute one-sided contest. BELISARIUS vanquished HAMMERHEAD in a 1 minute one-sided match. BA-SHEA was unbelievably bested by BRUTUS in a 2 minute beginner's duel. TENTENABULATION was bested by ADDICTION in a popular 4 minute novice's bout. LEAF assassinated BASHERE in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel. WHIRLPOOL vanquished MAXIMILLIAN in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |SLASHING ATTACK 11 TOTAL PARRY 31 - 23 - 0 57 | |LUNGING ATTACK 10 WALL OF STEEL 34 - 28 - 1 55 | |BASHING ATTACK 6 STRIKING ATTACK 39 - 34 - 5 53 | |STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 10 - 9 - 0 53 | |TOTAL PARRY 5 LUNGING ATTACK 52 - 50 - 4 51 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 AIMED BLOW 16 - 19 - 0 46 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 BASHING ATTACK 25 - 38 - 2 40 | |AIMED BLOW 1 SLASHING ATTACK 27 - 42 - 2 39 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 7 - 0 30 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 8 - 0 11 | Turn 390 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: STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 8 3 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 4 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 2 TOTAL PARRY PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 5 - 5 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY MUNCHKIN 8432 20 14 0 104 LAND OF OZ (217) BASHING ATTACK HUMBUG 8655 14 10 2 102 LAND OF OZ (217) STRIKING ATTACK STYLE CHANGER 9162 10 9 2 99 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) SLASHING ATTACK WHIPPED CREAM 8768 15 12 1 94 FAST FOOD (724) WALL OF STEEL POUTINE 8769 14 13 1 81 FAST FOOD (724) LUNGING ATTACK AMIINANY DANGER 8491 11 7 1 67 DEATHLY HALLOWS (795) FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW RETURN OF THE KING 9124 7 5 0 62 ROYAL FLUSH (48) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is HUMBUG 8655. The most popular warrior this turn was VESPASIAN 4932. The ten other most popular fighters were TENTENABULATION 9381, HUMBUG 8655, FRUIT CUP 9024, POUTINE 8769, GALLIENUS 4956, BRUTUS 9380, STYLE CHANGER 9162, PARADIGM 9018, WHIPPED CREAM 8768, and ACE MERRILL 9319. The least popular fighter this week was SLUSH PUPPY 9023. The other ten least popular fighters were MUNCHKIN 8432, DIONEXUS 9157, BASHERE 9075, HAMMERHEAD 9383, ARMENIUS 9159, P-NUT FIREBEARD 8874, BLACK CHAOS 8872, BULLY 8410, DING DONG 9342, and KANSAS 9062. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: JACK B. QUICK (47-8246) ROYAL FLUSH (48) DATABASE EDITOR (47-9079) BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, one additional warrior graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. SEVENTH SON (1-9401) MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537) DOMINATION (32-5232) ANGELS OF PAIN (360) STARSCREAM (47-7419) DARQUE FORCES (396) THE BOBSTER (82-1072) ODDITIES (184) 0001 (82-7927) JAN 2001 (1148) 0004 (82-7932) JAN 2001 2 (1149) LAKES (82-22204) WAY OF THE BLADE ID (3522) SUPPERMAN (82-48250) HUNGRY HEROES (8107) GEMS (82-49984) 4 LETTER TREASURE (8402) JACK MONTGOMERY (84-38004) MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651) SKINNER (84-46102) XCOM BETA (7965) PEPEROMIA PIZZA (85-2352) ADD SOME FLOWER (435) WEBBED ZOMBIE (85-4040) MOM 'N DAD ZOMBIES? (735) Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes