DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/02/2024    Duedate: 08/29/2024

SNOWBOUND ARENA

DM 50    TURN 458

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RARE BREED
2215 BOURBON ST (437)
(50-4110) [19-1-0,212]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RARE BREED                     SCEPTRUM
2215 BOURBON ST (437)          ERIDANUS (441)
(50-4110) [19-1-0,212]         (50-4156) [3-0-0,27]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

JANICE KOLE                    ALVIN
MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)             SIGMA NU'S (328)
(50-4087) [17-20-0,100]        (50-4141) [8-7-1,52]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SIGMA NU'S (328)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FAR TRAVELERS (443)           35 
2. MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)            16    2215 BOURBON ST (437)
3. SIGMA NU'S (328)              16    Unchartered Team
4. ERIDANUS (441)                6  
5. OPEN SESAME (199)             6     ERIDANUS (441)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*ERIDANUS (441)             4   1  0 80.0   1/ 1 SIGMA NU'S (328)          9  6 0
 2/ 1 2215 BOURBON ST (437)     19   6  0 76.0   2/ 2 OPEN SESAME (199)         7  5 1
 3/ 3 OPEN SESAME (199)        594 363 45 62.1   3/ 3 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)        4  5 0
 4/ 4 SIGMA NU'S (328)          44  50  3 46.8   4/ 5 2215 BOURBON ST (437)     3  1 0
 5/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)       444 687 11 39.3   5/ 4*ERIDANUS (441)            2  1 0
 6/ 0*FAR TRAVELERS (443)        1   4  0 20.0   6/ 0*FAR TRAVELERS (443)       1  4 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, SNOWBOUND?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed 
to see SCANDAL win a fight and gain 13 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, JANICE KOLE beat 
MRS. NOODLE and MRS. NOODLE lost 7 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety 
is the spice of life, SNOWBOUND may be getting bland, as RARE BREED stays top dog in 
the city.  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, SNOWBOUND?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  2215 
BOURBON ST, 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.  
VIOLA WING was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM 
insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     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.  Whoa!  I'll even buy TWO HEADED MONSTER a 
drink tonight!  Anyone who can come back from the Dark Arena, I want to be on his 
good side!  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing 
these kinds of weapons?   
     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!  Just wait 'till next time I show 
up here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  I see the crowds are getting restless, I 
must leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RARE BREED 4110              19   1  0 212         2215 BOURBON ST (437)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WORD ON THE STREET 4068      21   3  0 103         OPEN SESAME (199)         
 JANICE KOLE 4087             17  20  0 100         MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MRS. NOODLE 4081              9   7  0  72         OPEN SESAME (199)         
 PERRY REESE 4094             15  20  0  69         MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOSEKI KO 2959                9  10  1  60         SIGMA NU'S (328)          

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALVIN 4141                    8   7  1  52         SIGMA NU'S (328)          
 MARK 2958                    13   6  0  51         SIGMA NU'S (328)          
 JACK DEATH 2955               6  13  1  51         SIGMA NU'S (328)          
 BIG JIM 2956                  6  13  0  45         SIGMA NU'S (328)          

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCEPTRUM 4156                 3   0  0  27         ERIDANUS (441)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCANDAL 4170                  1   0  0  13         FAR TRAVELERS (443)       

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 4169                0  1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 443    STONE GOLEM            458 NONE
DA1 4166                0  1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 443    TROLLHUNTER            458 NONE
TAMIR 4167              0  1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 443    SNOW DEMON             458 NONE
TANIS 4168              0  1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 443    TROLLHUNTER            458 NONE
NEIGHBOUR 4171          0  1 0 OPEN SESAME 199      EXILED ELF             458 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Where: Lapur DM 29
When:  Turn 1000 -- August 6th, 2024 is the due date.

Announcing Lapur's 1000th turn. Over the past 38+ years many legendary fighters and 
managers have attended the Lapurian Arena. If you are one of those managers and have a 
inactive team, send them into fight for turn 1000. If you have a tourney team in Lapur 
and need some new recruits for the next tourney, send them in to fight in the Dark 
Arena on turn 1000. Load up the Dark Arena with a page full of fights in the 
newsletter and make it memorable. For this one turn join in and celebrate the arena's 
1000th. C'mon dust off your old Lapurian warriors and send them to fight during the 
day or night for turn 1000 on August 6th!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TWO HEADED MONSTER viciously butchered ICEWORM in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was murdered by TROLLHUNTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
NEIGHBOUR was murdered by EXILED ELF in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
TANIS was butchered by TROLLHUNTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena contest.
TAMIR was assassinated by SNOW DEMON in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was murdered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena competition.
WORD ON THE STREET bested VIOLA WING in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
MRS. NOODLE was overpowered by JANICE KOLE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
RARE BREED handily defeated M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute uneven Title melee.
PERRY REESE viciously subdued JACK DEATH in a 2 minute gruesome veteran's duel.
BIG JIM was vanquished by AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
MARK outlasted CAPTURED ORC in a 8 minute veteran vs. novice melee.
JOSEKI KO demolished KARRAGIT SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ALVIN slimly won victory over THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a exciting 5 minute contest.
SCEPTRUM devastated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
SCANDAL handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        13 -   2 -  0      87  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       23 -   6 -  0      79  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   5 -  0      55  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -  11 -  0      42  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    20 -  28 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         STRIKING ATTACK    5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 458 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     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       RARE BREED 4110            19   1  0  212 2215 BOURBON ST (437)
TOTAL PARRY      WORD ON THE STREET 4068    21   3  0  103 OPEN SESAME (199)
LUNGING ATTACK   ALVIN 4141                  8   7  1   52 SIGMA NU'S (328)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JANICE KOLE 4087.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ALVIN 4141.  The ten other most popular fighters were RARE BREED 4110, PERRY 
REESE 4094, WORD ON THE STREET 4068, JANICE KOLE 4087, JOSEKI KO 2959, MRS. NOODLE 
4081, JACK DEATH 2955, SCEPTRUM 4156, SCANDAL 4170, and DA1 4166.

The least popular fighter this week was MARK 2958.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BIG JIM 2956, DA1 4169, TAMIR 4167, TANIS 4168, NEIGHBOUR 4171, DA1 
4166, SCANDAL 4170, SCEPTRUM 4156, JACK DEATH 2955, and MRS. NOODLE 4081.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

RARE BREED (50-4110) 2215 BOURBON ST (437)

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

TWO HEADED MONSTER (50-3993) OPEN SESAME (199)
VIOLA WING (50-4037) MIDDLE WAY 6 (368)

                                     GREEN VALLEY

Green Valley, DM 87, will be opening soon!  This arena will process on a two-week 
cycle.  Orders for inaugural battles are due on September 11, 2024.

Storm Point, DM 86 will be closed to new teams, effective August 31. Any new teams 
that arrive after that will be rerouted to Green Valley.  DM 86 will continue to 
process on its normal cycle and teams may continue to add new replacement warriors as 
necessary.

                                          -- RSI