DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/08/2021 Duedate: 02/04/2021
TROCAR ARENA
DM-54 TURN-392
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
IMAI
CRUX (352)
(54-3356) [7-1-0,114]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
DISSOLVABLE DIAPER IMAI
USELESS TOOLS (219) CRUX (352)
(54-3063) [30-10-0,116] (54-3356) [7-1-0,114]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
KORILL SAI FIR
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) TREES (340)
(54-3154) [14-34-0,94] (54-3251) [16-11-2,68]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
USELESS TOOLS (219)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. TREES (340) 46
2. CRUX (352) 18 USELESS TOOLS (219)
3. TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 10 Unchartered Team
4. USELESS TOOLS (219) 5
5. BOOK OF THOMAS (341) 0 CRUX (352)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 USELESS TOOLS (219) 333 152 15 68.7 1/ 1 USELESS TOOLS (219) 8 5 1
2/ 3 TREES (340) 103 73 4 58.5 2/ 2 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 6 9 0
3- 2 BOOK OF THOMAS (341) 70 50 4 58.3 3/ 4 TREES (340) 4 1 0
4/ 4 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 533 480 16 52.6 4/ 3 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 4 4 0
5/ 5*CRUX (352) 7 7 0 50.0 5- 5 BOOK OF THOMAS (341) 2 3 0
6/ 6 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 122 132 6 48.0 6/ 6*CRUX (352) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.
I doubt TROCAR will ever be the same. And let's see, ELM fought DISSOLVABLE DIAPER
and gained 16 points and contributed to TREES' 4-1-0. SMALL TAMER has lost to
GURTARGAN MONK, falling 10 points, while helping make TRADERS OF TROCAR a 3-2-0 turn.
We should ask IMAI about the thrill of victory, and what being the new Duelmaster
does for a warrior, she's now the one to ask. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have
heard from unimpeachable sources that The Swinging Aardvark uses trolls in their
stew. Talk about gristle!
The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more
could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. TRADERS OF TROCAR has cause to
stand tall, as they were TROCAR's most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a
team to beat. And guess who avoided TRADERS OF TROCAR stable the most? Believe it
or not, it was USELESS TOOLS. Anyone surprised?
We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and
shave it close? I guess it was coming sooner or later, TRADERS OF TROCAR has lost
DA'UD SHEEN, and TROCAR is bound to miss him. For a little while, at least. We'd
like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies. You know who
you are; and it's considered rude.
Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare
to fight bravely. Always good to rest in TROCAR, but never good to wear out my
welcome. Look for me in future turns. Until you see my quill in TROCAR again,
farewell-- Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IMAI 3356 7 1 0 114 CRUX (352)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063 30 10 0 116 USELESS TOOLS (219)
ELM 3206 21 15 0 110 TREES (340)
-POWERLESS AMP 3230 15 5 0 98 USELESS TOOLS (219)
KORILL SAI 3154 14 34 0 94 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
BATHTUB RING 3341 12 7 0 92 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RUSSIAN LULLABY 3213 19 4 0 90 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
-CHINA WHITE 3214 16 9 1 78 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
SMALL TAMER 3181 13 18 0 70 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
LARKIN SAND 3344 11 9 0 69 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
FIR 3251 16 11 2 68 TREES (340)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FIREWALL 3322 7 2 2 61 USELESS TOOLS (219)
-MAGIC POTION 3321 5 1 0 60 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NERF GUN 3287 8 5 0 55 USELESS TOOLS (219)
DILIAN HALLIE 3328 12 14 0 53 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
FALLEN TOWEL RACK 3319 10 14 0 51 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND 3371 4 3 0 39 USELESS TOOLS (219)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UPAS 3366 4 4 0 29 TREES (340)
BAY 3351 7 3 0 27 TREES (340)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TEAK 3387 1 0 0 13 TREES (340)
-HAPPY HUNTING 3376 1 0 0 13 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
THAT SMELL 3381 0 1 0 BASH BROS BATHRO 331 JENNE THE KNIFE 392 NONE
ACRUX 3373 0 1 0 CRUX 352 LONG TALL LEMUEL 392 NONE
DA'UD SHEEN 3348 7 10 0 TRADERS OF TROCA 252 FIREWALL 3322 392
PERSONAL ADS
We salute the tourney participants. -- Traders of Trocar
Powerless Amp -- And the batteries on hand are always the wrong size. Damn. -- Small
Tamer
Firewall -- I never saw much use in walls of fire during a snowstorm, as currently
here. -- Dilian Hallie
P.S. Too much wind to blow it around.
Dissolvable Diaper -- Who can fathom the mind of a manager having to name a
replacement? Often the convention you refer to is meant to imply some kind of link
between the one who died and the replacement, but it seldom has a backup story at
hand. It's the pits. Talk about an identity crisis! -- Dilian Hallie
Russian Lullaby -- When I lay down on the sandy ground, it wasn't to sleep. Ouch.
You're mean. -- Larkin Sand
Magic Potion -- It's true, what they say. Alastari is being overrun with short
genderless golems intended for tourneys. -- Korill Sai, intended for the basic level
of the arena
Nerf Gun -- If nerfs are such a problem, go hunt some down. -- Da'ud Sheen
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
THAT SMELL was butchered by JENNE THE KNIFE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
ACRUX was slaughtered by LONG TALL LEMUEL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
NERF GUN was viciously subdued by FIR in a 4 minute veteran's Challenge match.
DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND was bested by DILIAN HALLIE in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
BATHTUB RING was overpowered by IMAI in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
ELM outwaited DISSOLVABLE DIAPER in a unpopular 19 minute veteran's duel.
KORILL SAI overpowered VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
SMALL TAMER slimly lost to GURTARGAN MONK in a 2 minute uneven melee.
LARKIN SAND vanquished SLAVE-WARRIOR in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
FALLEN TOWEL RACK won victory over UPAS in a 2 minute gory duel.
FIREWALL assassinated DA'UD SHEEN in a 1 minute gory uneven match.
BAY overpowered TROLLBAIT in a unpopular 2 minute one-sided match.
TEAK handily defeated TROLLBAIT in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 2 - 0 75 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 AIMED BLOW 18 - 10 - 0 64 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 8 - 0 64 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 15 - 14 - 2 52 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 14 - 0 48 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 19 - 0 37 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 7 - 0 36 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 WALL OF STEEL 3 - 10 - 0 23 |
Turn 392 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 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 3 2 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK IMAI 3356 7 1 0 114 CRUX (352)
TOTAL PARRY DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063 30 10 0 116 USELESS TOOLS (219)
PARRY-RIPOSTE ELM 3206 21 15 0 110 TREES (340)
STRIKING ATTACK BATHTUB RING 3341 12 7 0 92 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
PARRY-LUNGE FIR 3251 16 11 2 68 TREES (340)
BASHING ATTACK FIREWALL 3322 7 2 2 61 USELESS TOOLS (219)
SLASHING ATTACK DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND 3371 4 3 0 39 USELESS TOOLS (219)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is KORILL SAI 3154. The most popular warrior this turn
was FIR 3251. The ten other most popular fighters were FALLEN TOWEL RACK 3319,
DILIAN HALLIE 3328, KORILL SAI 3154, UPAS 3366, DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND 3371, IMAI 3356,
LARKIN SAND 3344, SMALL TAMER 3181, FIREWALL 3322, and TEAK 3387.
The least popular fighter this week was DISSOLVABLE DIAPER 3063. The other ten least
popular fighters were ELM 3206, BAY 3351, DA'UD SHEEN 3348, BATHTUB RING 3341, NERF
GUN 3287, ACRUX 3373, THAT SMELL 3381, TEAK 3387, FIREWALL 3322, and SMALL TAMER
3181.
WINTER BLOODGAMES 2021
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new round of Bloodgames beginning at the
Winter Mail-in! For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last
warrior standing alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. 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. We will hold three different arenas:
Mail-in-Style (DM 97): One strategy for all ten rounds, due January 16.
This arena will process along with the winter mail-in.
Regular Speed (DM 96): Strategy changes allowed; bloodfeud challenges only.
Turn 1 is due February 2 and turns process every 14 days.
Slow (DM 95): Strategy changes allowed; bloodfeud challenges only.
Turn 1 is due May 10 and turns process every 28 days.
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 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.
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 (DM 96 and DM 95), there are
no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds. For the Mail-in style arena (DM 97), each
warrior will have a single strategy for all ten rounds. There will be no DA
challenges in either arena.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 97 is due January 16, DM 96 is due February 2, and
DM 95 is due May 10. DM 97 will process along with the winter mail-in and the other
two are turn-based and will process on a 14- and 28-day schedule respectively.
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, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th
through 6th 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
six 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.
A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.
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, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
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!