DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/04/2024 Duedate: 07/01/2024
NORTH FORK ARENA
DM 47 TURN 471
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ZIT
LAZY BOYZ (167)
(47-10348) [17-7-1,130]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
THE CHAMPION POSITION IS EMPTY
BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
(47-9401) [11-5-1,133]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
CLUB COFFEE THE CHAMPION
FAST FOOD (724) BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
(47-9833) [21-34-0,97] (47-9401) [11-5-1,133]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
DARQUE FORCES (396)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. LAND OF OZ (217) 68
2. BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) 44 YUPPIE IDIOMS 221 (886)
3. DARQUE FORCES (396) 42 Unchartered Team
4. LAZY BOYZ (167) 32
5. ROYAL FLUSH (48) 20 MICROLEXICON (233)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 YUPPIE IDIOMS 221 (886) 13 6 0 68.4 1/ 3 DARQUE FORCES (396) 12 3 0
2/ 2 LAND OF OZ (217) 1060 694 35 60.4 2/ 1 LAZY BOYZ (167) 11 3 0
3/ 3 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) 286 229 23 55.5 3/ 2 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792) 9 4 1
4/ 4 ROYAL FLUSH (48) 1116 940 59 54.3 4/ 7 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) 7 7 1
5- 6 CELTIC FRINGE (72) 268 238 5 53.0 5/ 5 LAND OF OZ (217) 6 4 1
6/ 5 THE PURGE 209 (868) 118 107 6 52.4 6/ 4 FAST FOOD (724) 6 5 0
7/ 7 ERRATA! (760) 91 83 1 52.3 7/ 6 ERRATA! (760) 5 4 0
8/ 8 DARQUE FORCES (396) 511 472 34 52.0 8/10 TIMELY HEROES (656) 5 10 1
9/ 9 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480) 322 317 15 50.4 9/ 9 ROYAL FLUSH (48) 4 8 0
10-10 BASH BROS PARK (766) 235 261 11 47.4 10/11 WHITE WOLVES (832) 4 11 0
11/11 FAST FOOD (724) 330 375 16 46.8 11/13 WHITE MAIMERS (873) 3 7 0
12/13 LAZY BOYZ (167) 97 116 9 45.5 12/ 8 THE PURGE 209 (868) 3 9 0
13/12 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) 163 195 4 45.5 13/12 YUPPIE IDIOMS 221 (886) 2 1 0
14/14 WHITE MAIMERS (873) 129 166 12 43.7 14-14 BASH BROS PARK (766) 0 8 0
15/16 TIMELY HEROES (656) 32 60 2 34.8 15/16 SATAN'S MINIONS (813) 0 4 0
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
16/15 WHITE WOLVES (832) 146 279 8 34.4 16-17 CELTIC FRINGE (72) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
NORTH FORK brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Later days, LAZY BOYZ, since
DARQUE FORCES 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 THE PURGE 209, whose
0-4-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 12th. Ha! WEIRD ALCHEMY turned their 2-3-0
turn into a 4th place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you
get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch LAND OF OZ's heads swell from their 3-1-1
this turn. Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all
terribly impressed to see JUHR ROCKFIST win a fight and gain 29 points, terribly.
Tsk, tsk, COURAGE beat ISOLATION and ISOLATION lost 15 points. You're breakin' my
heart. And it's out with the old, in with the new, as ZIT takes the Title and last
week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. 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, NORTH
FORK?
He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward. LAZY
BOYZ, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team. Care
to know who is the most afraid of you? And it looks like LAND OF OZ avoided them the
most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. Ooh, I'm
frightfully impressed, CLUB COFFEE was this turn's most challenged warrior. Watch
that ego swell, sports fans. Now look at this. THE CHAMPION challenged down 58
against THE PURGE 209's THE DARK. What a weasel! And golly gee, THE CHAMPION
subdued THE DARK. Aren't we all surprised and impressed? Now here's guts and
stupidity all rolled into one, ARCHELIUS challenged up 28 to take on SNAPDRAGON of
DARQUE FORCES. And sure, ARCHELIUS lost alright, but gained 3 recognition for his
pains. And pains they may indeed be! Looks like time for laurels or hemlock,
SHAWARMA was challenged by GRANICUS, who was ranked 27 points below him. But here's
a pretty tale--GRANICUS did lose the fight, but gained 1 worth of recognition. Some
long shots can pay off, I guess.
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. And what a stunning loss we have here, boys and
girls, GOOMBAH of WEIRD ALCHEMY has added the final loss to his 14-10-0. Tee hee!
Bye bye, warrior, bye bye... TOXIC, a glorious 8-7-0 fighter, has passed away. Gee,
too bad THE PURGE 209. You can run, MUNCHKIN, but maybe you can't hide from THE
PURGE 209. Killing TOXIC is something the rest of LAND OF OZ may not be able to help
you with. A big yahoo goes out to LIZA this turn, for revenging LAZY BOYZ's
bloodfeud against TIMELY HEROES' warrior DAVID. Heh, heh, heh. Honor is like a
chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless
rebuke me on this one.
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
ZIT 10348 17 7 1 130 LAZY BOYZ (167)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE CHAMPION 9401 11 5 1 133 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
JUHR ROCKFIST 10268 14 5 1 120 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
ONSLAUGHT 10352 11 9 0 107 DARQUE FORCES (396)
ACE REPORTER 9897 19 29 0 104 ROYAL FLUSH (48)
CLUB COFFEE 9833 21 34 0 97 FAST FOOD (724)
SEE YA, LOSER! 10585 13 5 0 93 YUPPIE IDIOMS 221 (886)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PARA 7767 20 18 0 92 ERRATA! (760)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COURAGE 10495 10 5 0 89 LAND OF OZ (217)
THE DARK 10463 12 7 1 75 THE PURGE 209 (868)
APEFACE 10318 20 7 0 72 DARQUE FORCES (396)
ISOLATION 10462 9 10 0 69 THE PURGE 209 (868)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SOFT TEN 10562 6 4 0 65 ROYAL FLUSH (48)
CARISSIMUS 10204 13 16 1 62 WHITE MAIMERS (873)
CRAPKIN 10522 10 3 0 58 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EMERALD CITY 10582 5 2 0 56 LAND OF OZ (217)
MUNCHKIN 10598 4 0 1 56 LAND OF OZ (217)
SECRET SAUCE 10382 13 6 0 55 FAST FOOD (724)
MAHX OHVERFAIL 10290 11 8 1 51 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
DEMETRIUS 10203 11 9 0 51 WHITE MAIMERS (873)
GLOCKENSPIEL 10416 9 11 2 49 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480)
QUINTUS 10253 6 25 2 45 WHITE WOLVES (832)
LIZA 10623 5 0 0 44 LAZY BOYZ (167)
MAXIMUS 10296 8 19 0 43 WHITE WOLVES (832)
-CREEPY TOUCH 8653 4 2 1 43 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
ZIPPY 10480 7 10 1 41 LAZY BOYZ (167)
ZAIRE 10622 4 1 0 40 LAZY BOYZ (167)
DAVID 6199 8 11 1 36 TIMELY HEROES (656)
SNAPDRAGON 10523 5 9 0 35 DARQUE FORCES (396)
FRANK 10541 8 4 2 34 THE PURGE 209 (868)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SWINDLE 10624 3 0 0 32 DARQUE FORCES (396)
SHAWARMA 10554 6 5 0 31 FAST FOOD (724)
BARBARELLA 6493 4 3 0 29 TIMELY HEROES (656)
REAL TIPPER 10599 3 1 0 25 ERRATA! (760)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ATTALUS 10509 2 1 0 23 WHITE WOLVES (832)
-CONTEST 10540 3 2 0 22 ERRATA! (760)
NEMESIS PRIME 10643 3 0 0 21 DARQUE FORCES (396)
BUCKET OF WATER 10583 1 3 0 20 LAND OF OZ (217)
SPARTACUS 6434 4 6 1 19 TIMELY HEROES (656)
MAD MAX 6494 2 5 0 17 TIMELY HEROES (656)
HENRY FORD 6488 1 6 0 9 TIMELY HEROES (656)
HERENIUS 10472 1 4 1 8 WHITE MAIMERS (873)
ARCHELIUS 10641 1 2 0 8 WHITE WOLVES (832)
-THRALL 10635 0 1 0 7 SATAN'S MINIONS (813)
SUETONIUS 10353 0 6 0 6 WHITE MAIMERS (873)
GRAMPA SNICKERS 10663 1 0 0 5 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
SPAR-TEKUS 10651 1 1 0 4 WEIRD ALCHEMY (480)
MORBIUS 10508 0 3 0 3 WHITE WOLVES (832)
-MOSTYN 4149 0 2 0 2 CELTIC FRINGE (72)
GRANICUS 10642 0 2 0 2 WHITE MAIMERS (873)
WILD CARD #4 10661 0 1 0 1 ROYAL FLUSH (48)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
ZOD 10592 2 4 0 LAZY BOYZ 167 DAVID 6199 470 JUST REVENGED
WILD CARD #3 10660 0 1 0 ROYAL FLUSH 48 SHEWISH GIANT 471 NONE
SPUD 10659 0 1 0 SATAN'S MINIONS 813 BLACK ORC 471 NONE
TOXIC 10498 8 8 0 THE PURGE 209 868 MUNCHKIN 10598 471
DA 1 10669 0 1 0 WEIRD ALCHEMY 480 HIGH ELF 471 NONE
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
GOOMBAH 10341 14 11 0 WEIRD ALCHEMY 480 JUHR ROCKFIST 10268 471
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DA 1 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
WILD CARD #3 was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SPUD was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a popular 2 minute Dark Arena match.
THE CHAMPION bested THE DARK in a popular 2 minute brutal veteran's Challenge contest.
JUHR ROCKFIST butchered GOOMBAH in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
ACE REPORTER overpowered CLUB COFFEE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
COURAGE overpowered ISOLATION in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
SOFT TEN was unbelievably bested by APEFACE in a 6 minute Challenge duel.
MAHX OHVERFAIL viciously subdued QUINTUS in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
GLOCKENSPIEL overcame MAXIMUS in a 2 minute Challenge bout.
DEMETRIUS savagely defeated FRANK in a tiresome 9 minute bloody Challenge match.
CRAPKIN handily defeated ZIPPY in a tiresome 6 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
EMERALD CITY devastated SECRET SAUCE in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
HERENIUS was handily defeated by NEMESIS PRIME in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
ARCHELIUS was defeated by SNAPDRAGON in a 1 minute Challenge struggle.
SPAR-TEKUS was devastated by ATTALUS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
GRANICUS was overpowered by SHAWARMA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
MORBIUS was overpowered by MAD MAX in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
SEE YA, LOSER! was devastated by ZIT in a 1 minute one-sided Title contest.
PARA was overpowered by ONSLAUGHT in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
CARISSIMUS overpowered KAT in a 1 minute uneven fray.
DAVID was handily defeated by LIZA in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
TOXIC was killed by MUNCHKIN in a exciting 1 minute veteran vs. beginner upset fight.
SWINDLE overpowered HENRY FORD in a 1 minute gory one-sided duel.
ZAIRE demolished BUCKET OF WATER in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
BARBARELLA vanquished SUETONIUS in a action packed 1 minute one-sided fray.
REAL TIPPER savagely defeated SPARTACUS in a action packed 1 minute competition.
GRAMPA SNICKERS defeated WILD CARD #4 in a action packed 3 minute beginner's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 10 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 3 - 1 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 9 TOTAL PARRY 43 - 33 - 0 57 |
|TOTAL PARRY 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 14 - 0 53 |
|WALL OF STEEL 7 LUNGING ATTACK 61 - 59 - 3 51 |
|BASHING ATTACK 6 STRIKING ATTACK 56 - 63 - 4 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 WALL OF STEEL 38 - 54 - 5 41 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 BASHING ATTACK 25 - 37 - 0 40 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 6 - 1 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 43 - 66 - 1 39 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 23 - 40 - 1 37 |
Turn 471 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 8 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 4 4 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 6 - 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 AIMED BLOW 1 - 5 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 4 - 3 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 6 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK ZIT 10348 17 7 1 130 LAZY BOYZ (167)
BASHING ATTACK THE CHAMPION 9401 11 5 1 133 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
AIMED BLOW SEE YA, LOSER! 10585 13 5 0 93 YUPPIE IDIOMS 221 (886)
WALL OF STEEL PARA 7767 20 18 0 92 ERRATA! (760)
TOTAL PARRY APEFACE 10318 20 7 0 72 DARQUE FORCES (396)
LUNGING ATTACK MAHX OHVERFAIL 10290 11 8 1 51 BIG LAKE GROOVE (792)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is CLUB COFFEE 9833. The most popular warrior this
turn was THE CHAMPION 9401. The ten other most popular fighters were SOFT TEN 10562,
WILD CARD #4 10661, MAHX OHVERFAIL 10290, EMERALD CITY 10582, REAL TIPPER 10599, ACE
REPORTER 9897, BARBARELLA 6493, ARCHELIUS 10641, SNAPDRAGON 10523, and MAD MAX 6494.
The least popular fighter this week was FRANK 10541. The other ten least popular
fighters were CRAPKIN 10522, ZIPPY 10480, DEMETRIUS 10203, SPARTACUS 6434, SUETONIUS
10353, BUCKET OF WATER 10583, HENRY FORD 6488, DAVID 6199, PARA 7767, and SEE YA,
LOSER! 10585.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
ZIT (47-10348) LAZY BOYZ (167)
SEE YA, LOSER! (47-10585) YUPPIE IDIOMS 221 (886)
SUMMER BLOODGAMES 2024
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena
beginning in August. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the summer Face-
to-Face.
For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing
alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. The Bloodgames are coming!
At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY
yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere
survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not
to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have
greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. Here are the particulars:
Face-to-Face style Turn 1 is due Fri July 12 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 98): Turns process with the tournament
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Mail-in style Turn 1 is due Sat July 13 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 99): All turns process overnight, mail-in style.
No strategy changes; all ten rounds process one
after the other and results will be out Sun morning.
Slow Bloodgames (DM 95): Turn 1 is due Thurs August 1
Turns process every 28 days
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are DYOs (design your owns) with 84
points, 3-21, as usual.) To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them
in. We'll mail or email your overviews and you can write up your strategies. Your
warriors must be created and have strategies entered by the first due date.
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the turn-based bloodgames, there are no regular
challenges, only bloodfeuds. There will be no DA challenges in any of the bloodgames
arenas.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 95 is due August 1 and will process on a 28-day
schedule. The other two bloodgames arenas will be processed at the summer Face-to-
Face. (Note: there will also be bloodgames at the next winter FTF.)
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded to those living warriors
with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important
consideration: Each of these three warriors must be of a different fighting style.
Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine
awards if there is a tie.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion and Victors will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
A Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.T-
shirts will only happen if someone gives us a nice design. One shirt per person.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!