DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/04/2023    Duedate: 08/31/2023

SNOWBOUND ARENA

DM-50    TURN-445

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WORD ON THE STREET
OPEN SESAME (199)
(50-4068) [14-2-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TWO HEADED MONSTER             RARE BREED
OPEN SESAME (199)              2215 BOURBON ST (437)
(50-3993) [20-13-2,102]        (50-4110) [6-1-0,65]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

VIOLA WING                     GUS CANNON
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)             THE BLUES 50 (439)
(50-4037) [14-37-1,89]         (50-4129) [2-4-0,22]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OPEN SESAME (199)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE BLUES 50 (439)          40
2. NERD HERD 3 (434)           12      OPEN SESAME (199)
3. 2215 BOURBON ST (437)        7      Unchartered Team
4. SIGMA NU'S (328)             5
5. MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)           0      2215 BOURBON ST (437)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*2215 BOURBON ST (437)      6   3  0 66.7   1/ 1 OPEN SESAME (199)        11  4 0
 2/ 3*NERD HERD 3 (434)          7   4  0 63.6   2/ 2*SIGMA NU'S (328)          9  6 3
 3/ 2 OPEN SESAME (199)        573 349 44 62.1   3/ 3*THE BLUES 50 (439)        8  7 0
 4- 4 DARQUE THEORY (348)      222 156 16 58.7   4/ 4*2215 BOURBON ST (437)     3  0 0
 5/ 5*THE BLUES 50 (439)        17  13  0 56.7   5/ 6*NERD HERD 3 (434)         2  1 0
 6/ 7*SIGMA NU'S (328)          18  21  3 46.2   6- 5 DARQUE THEORY (348)       2  2 1
 7/ 8 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)       425 667 11 38.9   7/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)        2  7 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.

Today's Word on The Street is methylethylamylophenylium.

"Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that 
they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium." -- William 
Cooke

                                          -- Word On The Street
                                             Open Sesame
                                             2 Time Duelmaster of Snowbound

                                      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.  Some people say I ramble 
too much, I don't say anything relevant.  I repeat myself.  I ramble.  Well THE BLUES 
50 moved up 0, to 3rd.  What's with GUS CANNON?  He actually beat SIGMA NU'S' ALVIN, 
and walked away with 14 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at SIGMA NU'S.  
ALVIN lost 8 points to GUS CANNON.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe ALVIN will 
provide more easy wins...  VIOLA WING was reminded on the sands why WORD ON THE 
STREET is Duelmaster.  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  How well I know the 
feeling of being in the most avoided team!  Don't fall out of practive, DARQUE 
THEORY!  The bums at OPEN SESAME couldn't face the challenges from DARQUE THEORY!  No 
excuse for that!  What do people see in ALVIN?  His 2-2-1?  SIGMA NU'S ain't talkin', 
but he's got 9 points.  I hate going to the effort of writing about the kind of 
fights that MARK gets in.  He fights people like DOCTOR CLAYTON, 13 points below.  I 
thought MARK showed great skill and promise when he won victory over DOCTOR CLAYTON.  
All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Warriors of SNOWBOUND unite.  You have only your games to lose!  JACK DEATH 
larned his lesson (BLACK ACE taught it well), and we right likely won't be seein' 'im 
fight any THE BLUES 50 members with the same gusto.  Here's some advice:  study your 
opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  Are 
you as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WORD ON THE STREET 4068      14   2  0   100       OPEN SESAME (199)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TWO HEADED MONSTER 3993      20  13  2   102       OPEN SESAME (199)
 MRS. SPARKLENOSE 4063         7   1  0    99       OPEN SESAME (199)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VIOLA WING 4037              14  37  1    89       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
-OUTTA TUNE 4083              15   7  0    70       DARQUE THEORY (348)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RARE BREED 4110               6   1  0    65       2215 BOURBON ST (437)
-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                  
 URKL 4078                     6   3  0    44       NERD HERD 3 (434)
 BLACK ACE 4131                6   0  0    41       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 JANICE KOLE 4087              8  16  0    40       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)
 FLOYD COUNCIL 4130            3   3  0    38       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 PERRY REESE 4094              7  15  0    37       MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOSEKI KO 2959                3   5  1    31       SIGMA NU'S (328)
 MARK 2958                     6   2  0    29       SIGMA NU'S (328)
 BIG JIM 2956                  3   5  0    28       SIGMA NU'S (328)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MRS. NOODLE 4081              4   4  0    26       OPEN SESAME (199)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JACK DEATH 2955               2   6  1    23       SIGMA NU'S (328)
 GUS CANNON 4129               2   4  0    22       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 EDDIE MAPP 4146               1   0  0    14       THE BLUES 50 (439)
-WOLOWIZARD 4076               1   0  0    13       NERD HERD 3 (434)
-FUGUE 4135                    3   3  0    12       DARQUE THEORY (348)
 DOCTOR CLAYTON 4132           3   3  0    12       THE BLUES 50 (439)
 ALVIN 4141                    2   2  1     9       SIGMA NU'S (328)
 ROSITA 4144                   1   1  0     7       OPEN SESAME (199)
-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?
SON BONDS 4133          2  3 0 THE BLUES 50 439     JACK DEATH 2955       444  JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BLACK ACE outwaited JACK DEATH in a unpopular 9 minute gruesome Bloodfeud fight.
FLOYD COUNCIL demolished BIG JIM in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
MARK outwaited DOCTOR CLAYTON in a slow 22 minute gory Challenge contest.
MRS. NOODLE was demolished by URKL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
GUS CANNON won victory over ALVIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal Challenge fight.
WORD ON THE STREET bested VIOLA WING in a 2 minute Title competition.
TWO HEADED MONSTER overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 3 minute uneven melee.
MRS. SPARKLENOSE vanquished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
RARE BREED overpowered JANICE KOLE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
PERRY REESE overpowered DONNEGIL NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
JOSEKI KO handily defeated ROSITA in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
EDDIE MAPP demolished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 4 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   2 -  0      80  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY       26 -   9 -  0      74  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   7 -  0      59  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        11 -   8 -  1      58  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE      11 -   9 -  0      55  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  16 -  1      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    26 -  32 -  3      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  12 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   4 -  0       0  |

Turn 445 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  3         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      WORD ON THE STREET 4068    14   2  0  100 OPEN SESAME (199)
WALL OF STEEL    TWO HEADED MONSTER 3993    20  13  2  102 OPEN SESAME (199)
STRIKING ATTACK  MRS. SPARKLENOSE 4063       7   1  0   99 OPEN SESAME (199)
AIMED BLOW       RARE BREED 4110             6   1  0   65 2215 BOURBON ST (437)
PARRY-STRIKE     URKL 4078                   6   3  0   44 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, FLOYD 
COUNCIL 4130, URKL 4078, JACK DEATH 2955, WORD ON THE STREET 4068, TWO HEADED MONSTER 
3993, MRS. SPARKLENOSE 4063, RARE BREED 4110, PERRY REESE 4094, and JOSEKI KO 2959.

The least popular fighter this week was DOCTOR CLAYTON 4132.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MARK 2958, BLACK ACE 4131, EDDIE MAPP 4146, ROSITA 4144, JANICE 
KOLE 4087, ALVIN 4141, MRS. NOODLE 4081, BIG JIM 2956, JOSEKI KO 2959, and PERRY 
REESE 4094.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                         HOEGARDEN (21-5554) REAL BEER  (424) 
                         GRID SQUARE (24-5531) F.N.G.  (568) 
                      ROLA NYAH (30-4638) TEMPLAR ROGUES  (449) 
                   CAPTAIN KANGAROO (31-3947) MILITARY MAYHEM  (89) 
                         BERLIN (63-2923) WORLD BLADES  (331) 
                         LADY JAYE (71-7331) THE CODA  (190) 
                        CURIOUS GEORGE (73-645) CRYPTICS  (35) 
                         GRIFFON (73-5523) AIR CANADA  (635) 
                    JOE BOB (82-41731) THIRSTY THUGS 0503  (6967) 
                    EVIL DEMON (84-25442) SUPE FORCES 0B08  (4516) 
                      PRIMARY (84-27109) ROOKIE HALEN 35  (4808) 
                         SUCCUBUS (84-42009) REALLY?  (7298) 
                     JELLYFISH HUSSY (84-49856) FELLAS 26  (8559) 
                      WEBBED ROWS (84-54716) SPIDER CREW  (9446) 
                ROBERT PALSON 286 (85-7763) PROJECT MAYHEM 109  (1405) 
                      TATARUSANU (85-12319) E16 ROMANIA  (2249) 
                     WHISPY LIB (85-17248) NIGHTMARES XV  (3160) 
                   NEEDY MOOSE (85-27944) HALLOWEEN TIME 66  (5134) 
                          DEVELOP (85-38007) 6ERR12  (6923) 
                    IF I BLUFF (85-44018) WE'RE A TEAM VI  (8041) 
                            SKULL (85-49348) 33ERR  (8994) 
                   EVIL TRIBBLE (85-52462) PHASERS ON STUN!  (9366) 
                     ZEKKEN (85-52909) THIRSTY THUGS 2002  (9659) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes