DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/09/2023    Duedate: 07/06/2023

SNOWBOUND ARENA

DM-50    TURN-443

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WORD ON THE STREET
OPEN SESAME (199)
(50-4068) [12-2-0,96]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WORD ON THE STREET             RARE BREED
OPEN SESAME (199)              2215 BOURBON ST (437)
(50-4068) [12-2-0,96]          (50-4110) [4-1-0,50]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

VIOLA WING                     GUS CANNON
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)             THE BLUES 50 (439)
(50-4037) [14-35-1,82]         (50-4129) [1-3-0,20]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OPEN SESAME (199)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SIGMA NU'S (328)            24
2. 2215 BOURBON ST (437)        8      OPEN SESAME (199)
3. THE BLUES 50 (439)           7      Unchartered Team
4. NERD HERD 3 (434)            6
5. BOOK OF THOMAS (421)         0      NERD HERD 3 (434)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*NERD HERD 3 (434)          6   3  0 66.7   1/ 4 OPEN SESAME (199)         8  2 0
 2/ 2 OPEN SESAME (199)        566 346 44 62.1   2/ 6*SIGMA NU'S (328)          6  8 1
 3/ 4 DARQUE THEORY (348)      222 156 16 58.7   3/ 1 DARQUE THEORY (348)       6  8 1
 4/ 5*2215 BOURBON ST (437)      4   3  0 57.1   4/ 2*THE BLUES 50 (439)        5  5 0
 5/ 3*THE BLUES 50 (439)        11   9  0 55.0   5/ 9*NERD HERD 3 (434)         2  0 0
 6- 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)     127 129  7 49.6   6/ 7*2215 BOURBON ST (437)     2  0 0
 7/ 8*SIGMA NU'S (328)          12  17  1 41.4   7- 3 BOOK OF THOMAS (421)      2  3 0
 8/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)       423 663 11 39.0   8/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)        2  7 0
 9- 9*GRUS (433)                 3   5  0 37.5   9- 8*GRUS (433)                1  0 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.

Thanks for the welcome back.  So good to see everyone with smiley faces!  But now I'm 
gone.  A wonderfully stupendous 17-13-11-17-9-12-5 Basher, 17-9-3 record, with AdExs 
in Attack/Decise and Init.  The Commision says I like the Whiffle with a HI/LO 
rhythem, and learn defensive skills.  In fact, I've learned more defence than any 
other skills, but still no expert in that area.  (Hey, I'm a basher.)  And the 2nd 
most skills I've learned in an area is parry with 13, and again, no rating yet.  
What's a basher to do with news like that other than retire?

                                          -- Mr. Noodle
                                             Open Sesame
                                             Duelmaster of Snowbound

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
SNOWBOUND brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Later days, DARQUE THEORY, since 
OPEN SESAME 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 BOOK OF THOMAS, whose 
0-0-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 7th.  Ha!  SIGMA NU'S turned their 3-2-1 turn 
into a 2nd place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you get 
put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see MRS. SPARKLENOSE 
win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, MRS. SPARKLENOSE beat TRILL and 
TRILL lost 14 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Going for broke or broken, our 
Duelmaster GLACIER TROLL Dark Arena Challenged this turn.  The crowds were amazed 
this turn, as GLACIER TROLL killed the Duelmaster, MR. NOODLE, leaving OPEN SESAME in 
mourning.  This incredible death has allowed, I might add, WORD ON THE STREET from 
OPEN SESAME to ascend to the throne of Duelmaster, and I hear DARK ARENA is not 
happy.  The Victory Tavern, humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do 
they get this stuff?  From SNOWBOUND's trash dumps?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  DARQUE 
THEORY, 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 OPEN SESAME avoided 
them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  Hmph.  BIG 
JIM was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM insulted 
or feared?  Heh, heh.  I guess I can give a little credit to FLOYD COUNCIL of THE 
BLUES 50 for challenging up by 21 to MRS. NOODLE.  FLOYD COUNCIL lost to get 13 
points of recognition.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only 
shines through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     What does the SNOWBOUND arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Phlllt!  Just had to do that 
before I leave the fine city of SNOWBOUND.  I feel much better now.  Paste this one 
in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WORD ON THE STREET 4068      12   2  0    96       OPEN SESAME (199)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PREDATOR 4034                 8   2  1    97       BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
 TWO HEADED MONSTER 3993      18  13  2    95       OPEN SESAME (199)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MRS. SPARKLENOSE 4063         5   1  0    85       OPEN SESAME (199)
 VIOLA WING 4037              14  35  1    82       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
 OUTTA TUNE 4083              15   7  0    70       DARQUE THEORY (348)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TRILL 4084                   13   9  2    62       DARQUE THEORY (348)
 OSTINATO 4095                13   5  1    62       DARQUE THEORY (348)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RARE BREED 4110               4   1  0    50       2215 BOURBON ST (437)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PERRY REESE 4094              6  14  0    43       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
 JANICE KOLE 4087              7  15  0    41       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
 MRS. NOODLE 4081              4   2  0    35       OPEN SESAME (199)
 URKL 4078                     5   2  0    34       NERD HERD 3 (434)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BIG JIM 2956                  3   3  0    27       SIGMA NU'S (328)
-DALLAS 4138                   3   1  0    26       BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
-RANGER 4082                   4   1  0    25       BOOK OF THOMAS (421)
 BLACK ACE 4131                4   0  0    25       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 MARK 2958                     4   2  0    25       SIGMA NU'S (328)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOCTOR CLAYTON 4132           3   1  0    20       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 GUS CANNON 4129               1   3  0    20       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 SON BONDS 4133                2   2  0    14       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 JACK DEATH 2955               1   5  0    14       SIGMA NU'S (328)
 ALVIN 4141                    1   1  1    13       SIGMA NU'S (328)
 FLOYD COUNCIL 4130            1   3  0    13       THE BLUES 50 (439)
-WOLOWIZARD 4076               1   0  0    13       NERD HERD 3 (434)
 FUGUE 4135                    3   3  0    12       DARQUE THEORY (348)
 JOSEKI KO 2959                1   5  0    12       SIGMA NU'S (328)
-TIAKI 4122                    1   0  0     9       GRUS (433)
-BERNADETTE 4080               0   1  0     1       NERD HERD 3 (434)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
KARRAGIT SLAVE          0  0 0                      OSTINATO 4095         443  NONE
PERSISTENT BEGGA        0  0 0                      ALVIN 4141            443  NONE
UNIQUE 4033            12  6 1 BOOK OF THOMAS 421   VIOLA WING 4037       440  REVENGED
MR. NOODLE 4016        17 10 3 OPEN SESAME 199      GLACIER TROLL         443  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MR. NOODLE was barely slain by GLACIER TROLL in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
WORD ON THE STREET demolished VIOLA WING in a 3 minute Challenge Title melee.
MRS. SPARKLENOSE vanquished TRILL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
DOCTOR CLAYTON luckily beat FUGUE in a exciting 4 minute Challenge fight.
FLOYD COUNCIL was bested by MRS. NOODLE in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
SON BONDS was unbelievably bested by BIG JIM in a 3 minute Challenge match.
TWO HEADED MONSTER unbelievably bested VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 3 minute expert's duel.
OUTTA TUNE vanquished PERRY REESE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
JANICE KOLE was savagely defeated by RARE BREED in a 3 minute gruesome match.
OSTINATO executed KARRAGIT SLAVE in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
URKL demolished JACK DEATH in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
JOSEKI KO was unbelievably bested by BLACK ACE in a 3 minute brutal battle.
MARK outwaited GUS CANNON in a crowd pleasing 8 minute bout.
ALVIN put to death PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 3 minute gory beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         TOTAL PARRY       22 -   8 -  0      73  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   2 -  0      71  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-STRIKE      14 -   7 -  1      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        10 -   7 -  1      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -  12 -  3      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  15 -  0      52  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    28 -  31 -  3      47  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   5 -  0       0  |

Turn 443 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         2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  5         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      WORD ON THE STREET 4068    12   2  0   96 OPEN SESAME (199)
WALL OF STEEL    TWO HEADED MONSTER 3993    18  13  2   95 OPEN SESAME (199)
STRIKING ATTACK  MRS. SPARKLENOSE 4063       5   1  0   85 OPEN SESAME (199)
BASHING ATTACK   OUTTA TUNE 4083            15   7  0   70 DARQUE THEORY (348)
LUNGING ATTACK   TRILL 4084                 13   9  2   62 DARQUE THEORY (348)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    OSTINATO 4095              13   5  1   62 DARQUE THEORY (348)
AIMED BLOW       RARE BREED 4110             4   1  0   50 2215 BOURBON ST (437)
PARRY-STRIKE     URKL 4078                   5   2  0   34 NERD HERD 3 (434)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is VIOLA WING 4037.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was GUS CANNON 4129.  The ten other most popular fighters were VIOLA WING 4037, FUGUE 
4135, SON BONDS 4133, RARE BREED 4110, OSTINATO 4095, JOSEKI KO 2959, MRS. 
SPARKLENOSE 4063, JANICE KOLE 4087, ALVIN 4141, and WORD ON THE STREET 4068.

The least popular fighter this week was MARK 2958.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were JACK DEATH 2955, PERRY REESE 4094, TRILL 4084, BLACK ACE 4131, URKL 
4078, OUTTA TUNE 4083, TWO HEADED MONSTER 3993, BIG JIM 2956, MRS. NOODLE 4081, and 
FLOYD COUNCIL 4130.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

MR. NOODLE (50-4016) OPEN SESAME (199)