DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/03/2021    Duedate: 09/30/2021

SNOWBOUND ARENA

DM-50    TURN-420

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HAILEY ICEWIND
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
(50-3884) [23-14-2,101]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TWO HEADED MONSTER             POSITION IS EMPTY
OPEN SESAME (199)              
(50-3993) [12-12-2,108]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

OLIVER QUEEN                   VIOLA WING
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)             MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
(50-3825) [15-44-0,89]         (50-4037) [7-19-0,40]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OPEN SESAME (199)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. OPEN SESAME (199)           62
2. DARQUE THEORY (348)         11      OPEN SESAME (199)
3. MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)           5      Unchartered Team
4. BOOK OF THOMAS (421)         2
5. WORLD BLADES 12 (409)        0      PRIMAL POWER (363)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 OPEN SESAME (199)        542 342 43 61.3   1/ 1 OPEN SESAME (199)        10  3 1
 2/ 2 DARQUE THEORY (348)      152 119 11 56.1   2/ 3 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)      4  4 0
 3/ 3 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)     110 109  6 50.2   3/ 2 DARQUE THEORY (348)       4  6 1
 4- 4 WORLD BLADES 12 (409)     14  18  2 43.8   4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)        4  8 0
 5/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)       398 601 10 39.8   5- 5 WORLD BLADES 12 (409)     0  4 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.

It would appear that "two heads are not better than one."  At least in the arena.  
Good try, though, Two Headed Monster.

                                          -- Hailey Icewind

                                      SPY REPORT

     Much has changed in SNOWBOUND since last I was here.  Never fear, Olaf Modeen 
adapts to many situations, as do all successful fighters.  What's with TWO HEADED 
MONSTER?  He actually beat DARQUE THEORY's VIVACE, and walked away with 33 more 
points from the fight.  RHAPSODY was reminded on the sands why HAILEY ICEWIND is 
Duelmaster.  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some 
team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  SNOWBOUND thinks BOOK OF 
THOMAS and their 110-109-6 is too much!  If at first you don't succeed, give up...  
In my day, no team with a 109-108-6 would scare me off!  What's the problem, DARQUE 
THEORY?  What do people see in OLIVER QUEEN?  His 15-44-0?  MIDDLE WAY 6 ain't 
talkin', but he's got 89 points.   
     Warriors of SNOWBOUND unite.  You have only your games to lose!  GRANNY NINJA 
looked pretty sick and surprised when she learned BOOK OF THOMAS is sending her to 
the Dark Arena!  Whadd'she expect with a 6-7-0?  We all knew it had to happen sooner 
or later.  A warrior can't stick around with a 16-11-0, and TWO HEADED MONSTER easily 
took care of VIVACE.  How long have I been here?  I got people to see, places to 
go...   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  
SNOWBOUND is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  I don't 
want to overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAILEY ICEWIND 3884          23  14  2   101       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FROZEN GHOST 3992            14   2  0   122       BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
 TWO HEADED MONSTER 3993      12  12  2   108       OPEN SESAME (199)
 MR. NOODLE 4016              11   9  2    97       OPEN SESAME (199)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TONIC 3955                   14   8  0    90       DARQUE THEORY (348)
 OLIVER QUEEN 3825            15  44  0    89       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
 RHAPSODY 4050                 7   4  1    76       DARQUE THEORY (348)
 UNIQUE 4033                   7   0  0    68       BOOK OF THOMAS (421)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HELGA ICELAND 4020           16  18  0    66       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PREDATOR 4034                 4   1  1    54       BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
 WORD ON THE STREET 4068       6   2  0    43       OPEN SESAME (199)
 VIOLA WING 4037               7  19  0    40       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DA CAPO 4075                  3   0  1    33       DARQUE THEORY (348)
 MRS. NOODLE 4081              2   0  0    28       OPEN SESAME (199)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MRS. SPARKLENOSE 4063         1   1  0    17       OPEN SESAME (199)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DONNEGIL NOBLE          0  0 0                      DA CAPO 4075          420  NONE
GRANNY NINJA 4032       6  8 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 421   CARAVAN RAIDER        420  NONE
LEGATO 4069             2  4 0 DARQUE THEORY 348    ICEWORM               420  NONE
VIVACE 3745            16 11 0 DARQUE THEORY 348    TWO HEADED MONST 3993 420   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All -- Sorry for missing last turn!  It was not intentional.  I thought I sent a turn 
in, but obviously not! -- Master Darque

Hailey Icewind -- It might be true, despite how many skills I learned. I mean, I had 
absolute control of the fight and you take me down with one swing.  It sure doesn't 
paint me in a positive light! -- Vivace

We salute the tourney participants. -- Middle Way

Mr. Noodle -- They tell me that "open sesame" is no longer a valid password.  It has 
to contain upper and lower case letters and a numeral. -- Oliver Queen
P.S.  Of course, you don't need a password to win.

Word on the Street -- That's a good way to get run over.  Even here, people drive like 
maniacs. -- Viola Wing

Unique -- I hope so!  We don't need more like you. -- Helga Iceland

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GRANNY NINJA was viciously butchered by CARAVAN RAIDER in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
LEGATO was slaughtered by ICEWORM in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
TWO HEADED MONSTER viciously butchered VIVACE in a 6 minute veteran's Challenge match.
MR. NOODLE devastated OLIVER QUEEN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
WORD ON THE STREET luckily beat VIOLA WING in a 3 minute Challenge competition.
HAILEY ICEWIND won victory over RHAPSODY in a 2 minute mismatched Title fight.
TONIC overpowered HELGA ICELAND in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
UNIQUE savagely defeated CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute gruesome melee.
DA CAPO slaughtered DONNEGIL NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MRS. NOODLE overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   0 -  1     100  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -   3 -  0      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         WALL OF STEEL     10 -  10 -  2      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   6 -  1      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         AIMED BLOW        10 -  11 -  0      48  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    7 -   9 -  0      44  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -  12 -  0      40  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK     8 -  13 -  0      38  |

Turn 420 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    HAILEY ICEWIND 3884        23  14  2  101 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
BASHING ATTACK   MR. NOODLE 4016            11   9  2   97 OPEN SESAME (199)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      TONIC 3955                 14   8  0   90 DARQUE THEORY (348)
SLASHING ATTACK  RHAPSODY 4050               7   4  1   76 DARQUE THEORY (348)
AIMED BLOW       UNIQUE 4033                 7   0  0   68 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
TOTAL PARRY      WORD ON THE STREET 4068     6   2  0   43 OPEN SESAME (199)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is OLIVER QUEEN 3825.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was VIVACE 3745.  The ten other most popular fighters were VIOLA WING 4037, TWO 
HEADED MONSTER 3993, RHAPSODY 4050, HAILEY ICEWIND 3884, UNIQUE 4033, MR. NOODLE 
4016, TONIC 3955, DA CAPO 4075, MRS. NOODLE 4081, and WORD ON THE STREET 4068.

The least popular fighter this week was HELGA ICELAND 4020.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were OLIVER QUEEN 3825, LEGATO 4069, GRANNY NINJA 4032, WORD ON THE 
STREET 4068, MRS. NOODLE 4081, DA CAPO 4075, TONIC 3955, MR. NOODLE 4016, UNIQUE 
4033, and HAILEY ICEWIND 3884.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

HAILEY ICEWIND (50-3884) MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)