DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/10/2021 Duedate: 01/06/2022
TROCAR ARENA
DM-54 TURN-404
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SMALL TAMER
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
(54-3181) [21-22-0,109]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SMALL TAMER POSITION IS EMPTY
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
(54-3181) [21-22-0,109]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LARKIN SAND LARKIN SAND
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
(54-3344) [19-13-0,99] (54-3344) [19-13-0,99]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PLANET 9 (354) 25
2. TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 20 PLANET 9 (354)
3. CRUX (352) 13 Unchartered Team
4. BOOK OF THOMAS (341) -3
5. BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) -6 FAST FOOD FOLLIES (356)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 PLANET 9 (354) 23 14 1 62.2 1/ 1 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 8 7 0
2/ 2 BOOK OF THOMAS (341) 82 61 4 57.3 2/ 2 PLANET 9 (354) 5 3 0
3/ 3 TREES (340) 112 91 4 55.2 3/ 3 CRUX (352) 4 0 0
4/ 4 CRUX (352) 16 13 0 55.2 4/ 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (341) 2 4 0
5/ 5 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252) 564 508 16 52.6 5/ 4 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 2 8 0
6/ 7 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331) 137 164 7 45.5 6/ 7 TREES (340) 0 2 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Ready for some action-packed adventure, some thrills, chills and spills? Well
fergit it, cause this is the Spyreport for TROCAR. MVP award for MIMOSA? CRUX's
proud of him after beating WHIMSICAL and getting 13 points. Talk about yer big time
losers! WHIMSICAL got smashed by MIMOSA, and lost 9 points! What a putz! IMAI
fights so hard to be Duelmaster, then quits fighting and loses the title. No one
said she was a genius... Was that a tear I saw in SMALL TAMER's eye, as she took
over Duelmastership? And wasn't FIR fit to be tied! I hear the top team insists all
their warriors get nine hours sleep. They want photogenic fighters for PR photos.
So just why would someone becomes a warrior anyway? It can't be for these
really neat Spyreports can it? BOOK OF THOMAS was the most avoided team. Is a
82-61-4 record really that scary? Is there some deep dark secret why PLANET 9's been
avoiding BOOK OF THOMAS so much? Or is it just that they're too scared?
Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All TROCAR ever talks about is fighting! Me,
I'm more laid back. Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear
from you? Write! (Or have someone write for you.)
I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be
a famous Spyreporter? I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it
quits. I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SMALL TAMER 3181 21 22 0 109 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-IMAI 3356 13 4 0 178 CRUX (352)
LARKIN SAND 3344 19 13 0 99 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
DILIAN HALLIE 3328 20 18 0 95 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
SYNTH 3398 8 2 1 93 PLANET 9 (354)
KORILL SAI 3154 16 44 0 92 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FIR 3251 20 18 2 83 TREES (340)
-CHINA WHITE 3214 16 9 1 78 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
FALLEN TOWEL RACK 3319 15 21 0 70 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZOLOR 3399 8 2 0 62 PLANET 9 (354)
-MAGIC POTION 3321 5 1 0 60 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MIMOSA 3393 3 0 0 32 CRUX (352)
-BAY 3351 7 6 0 27 TREES (340)
HAPPY HUNTING 3376 6 3 0 26 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
-UPAS 3366 4 7 0 24 TREES (340)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-VOID 3397 2 3 0 23 PLANET 9 (354)
KLYN 3395 2 5 0 21 PLANET 9 (354)
WHIMSICAL 3411 4 2 0 20 BOOK OF THOMAS (341)
-MORTAS 3396 3 2 0 11 PLANET 9 (354)
DARRIN HORROCKS 2 3418 1 5 0 8 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
WET FLOOR 3425 1 1 0 8 BASH BROS BATHROOM (331)
-TEAK 3387 2 1 0 7 TREES (340)
-EBONY 3417 1 1 0 6 TREES (340)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SUPERNATURAL 3429 0 1 0 BOOK OF THOMAS 341 LONG TALL LEMUEL 404 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Dilian Hallie -- I'm sinister? How so? You're the one who stole my win! LOL - Synth
Mimosa -- I think I picked the wrong turn to train physicals instead of learning
skills. /sad -- Klyn
Ambitious Guard -- Who knew you were such a great skills teacher? -- Zolor
Korill Sai -- Don't think your phony dive in our fight fooled anyone. Now I'm stuck up
here in the nose bleed section. If I die before my invite to the Isle, I WILL come
back and haunt each and every one of you champs and CC until you all run screaming for
the dark arena! Count on it! (insert evil laugh) -- Synth
Imai -- Better you than me. I'm no orator. -- Small Tamer
P.S. But thanks for the skills.
P.P.S. You know why there are so many Ratani in the arenas, even far from home, which
this is not: things are falling apart at home. The economy is a wreck, the food
supply is limited because it's been a dry year, disease is appearing. Nothing to stay
home FOR.
Fallen Towel Rack -- Has no one fixed that YET? -- Larkin Sand
P.S. You may be a fine opponent, but you're no handy man.
Synth -- You're weird and way out there. -- Korill Sai
The Shagornan Wild Man may be hairy, but he's no dwarf. -- Dilian Hallie
Wet Floor -- You made me slip! I could've broken a bone. -- Darrin Horrocks
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LAPUR ARENA ALERT
Hammer read and reread the message that had been delivered to the veteran manager via
special courier, as the Duel 2 Sponsor and current manager of Milchamah Return in the
DM 93 Noblish Island Arena was preparing to write another article for the purpose of
informing and encouraging New Players in the development of their early managerial
careers.
"Lapur Arena DM 29 has fallen upon hard times! Are you willing and able to embrace the
challenge of helping to restore Lapur to its former glory?"
The request had come from the Head of the Gladiatorial Commission.
Hammer realized that although the Lapur Arena was housed in a modest building, that
the Merchants and Wardens of Lapur merely tolerated as a necessary nuisance, due to
their suspicions regarding the possibility of dark plots engineered by Sheila
Greywand; the sometimes fragile economic balance of trade routes between Lapur and the
other Free Blades Arenas cities, plus the outlying Delarquan and Andorian cities, was
deeply interwoven with the apparent successes or failures of DM 29 that hinged upon
the precarious reality of whether or not Lapur was perceived as a thriving fighting
arena!
It was well known that the Lady of the Isle was not particularly popular in Lapur,
because of her decision to lump Lapur in with "all those Northern rabble" in the Free
Blades Arena, but it was common knowledge that maintaining a thriving fighting arena
was "good for business" and Lapur had apparently fallen upon hard times, according to
the message Hammer had received by special courier.
The veteran manager did not have an inactive stable in Lapur, nor could he remember
ever having had a stable in DM 29, but he knew the importance of aiding ailing arenas!
After all, the veteran manager had been known to recruit managers to activate stables
in a variety of arenas over the years, especially with his famous contests from years-
gone-by, but contests required a special motivation and fire deep within his soul to
commit to such enormous endeavors!
But, as Hammer pondered the request for his help to do something to assist in the
growth of fighting stables in DM 29, the inner passion of creating a competitive fire
for hosting a contest in Lapur to attract old and new managers to DM 29, simply did
not exist inside the veteran manager, especially since he was still hosting the Kaltos
Kaos contest in Arena 5; and quite frankly, the veteran manager had no desire to host
any more contests in slowly dying arenas!
However, the veteran manager would not turn a deaf ear to the request from the Head of
the Gladiatorial Commission!
Hammer sent a reply to the Head of the Gladiatorial Commission that he would do what
he personally could to help grow and restore Lapur to a competitive and entertaining
fighting arena!
Then, the veteran manager got a good night's sleep, before deciding which of his
inactive stables that had not fought in a Basic Arena, other than DM 93 Noblish
Island, would hold his interest in Lapur, while keeping his word to the Head of the
Gladiatorial Commission to personally assist in the restoration of DM 29 to some
semblance of its former glory!
But, when Hammer awoke, there was no inactive stable that held his interest; however,
he did have one stable that had been retired upon graduating from DM 93 Noblish
Island, that could serve as a temporary answer to the request, until a more suitable
stable graduated from the Noblish Island Arena in the distant future!
Hammer sent a summons via special courier to the DM 71 Kyr'terr Arena for 5 Card Draw
to abruptly end their retirement and immediately report for duty at DM 29 Lapur Arena!
"May Your Blades Be Sharp and Your Wits Sharper!"
-- Hammer the WordSmith
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SUPERNATURAL was butchered by LONG TALL LEMUEL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
LARKIN SAND bested GURTARGAN MONK in a action packed 3 minute brutal one-sided duel.
DILIAN HALLIE defeated VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a crowd pleasing 3 minute master's duel.
FIR was overpowered by SMALL TAMER in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
FALLEN TOWEL RACK was vanquished by SYNTH in a exciting 1 minute mismatched fight.
KORILL SAI bested ZOLOR in a 2 minute one-sided competition.
WHIMSICAL was overcome by MIMOSA in a 2 minute melee.
HAPPY HUNTING won victory over DARRIN HORROCKS 2 in a 1 minute duel.
KLYN vanquished WET FLOOR in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 5 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 5 - 1 72 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 6 - 0 65 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 27 - 20 - 0 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 11 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 26 - 29 - 2 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 14 - 0 46 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 6 - 0 33 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 3 - 0 25 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 404 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 4 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK LARKIN SAND 3344 19 13 0 99 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
AIMED BLOW DILIAN HALLIE 3328 20 18 0 95 TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
PARRY-LUNGE FIR 3251 20 18 2 83 TREES (340)
LUNGING ATTACK ZOLOR 3399 8 2 0 62 PLANET 9 (354)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LARKIN SAND 3344. The most popular warrior this
turn was LARKIN SAND 3344. The ten other most popular fighters were MIMOSA 3393,
SMALL TAMER 3181, SYNTH 3398, DILIAN HALLIE 3328, KORILL SAI 3154, KLYN 3395, HAPPY
HUNTING 3376, FIR 3251, FALLEN TOWEL RACK 3319, and ZOLOR 3399.
The least popular fighter this week was DARRIN HORROCKS 2 3418. The other ten least
popular fighters were SUPERNATURAL 3429, WET FLOOR 3425, WHIMSICAL 3411, ZOLOR 3399,
FALLEN TOWEL RACK 3319, FIR 3251, HAPPY HUNTING 3376, KLYN 3395, KORILL SAI 3154, and
DILIAN HALLIE 3328.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
SMALL TAMER (54-3181) TRADERS OF TROCAR (252)
WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!
We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 14-16, 2022! It will
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444). Room
rates are $179.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high
speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters."
The official block cutoff is mid December so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: http://tinyurl.com/RSIFTF66
Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI
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.
OUBLIETTE (2-6002) DUNGEON CELL (685)
RAVIOLI WIZARD (12-7600) CAFE ERDMANO (706)
ONE MAN FURY (18-11102) THUNDR + LITENING (22)
HMS CENTURIAN (45-5068) BATTLE SHIPS (552)
NAKOR (56-4686) MEN OF STEEL (131)
DARKFIRE (63-3503) STEELE RISING (380)
PRESTO GEISHA (84-51434) THIRSTY THUGS 1471 (8830)
KNUCKLELOAF (84-27293) INQUISITION T12-20 (4844)
PIG FOOT (84-12494) D.O.A. (2209)
ZOBNIN (85-36276) RUSSIA 18 (6616)
THREE (85-44030) FAST TRACK (8043)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes
MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXXIV
FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
FOGGED UP MIRROR 3231 (54-45-1) 4 3 0 BASH BROS BATHROOM
CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CHINA WHITE 3214 (16-9-1) 0 3 0 BOOK OF THOMAS
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
MIMOSA 3393 (1-0-0) 1 3 0 CRUX
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
WET FLOOR 3425 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 BASH BROS BATHROOM
DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
UNFLUSHED 3115 (4-2-0) 2 1 0 DEAD BASH BROS BATHROOM
BUFFALO KNIGHT 2888 (6-5-1) 2 3 0 SPARF!
INVISIBLE INK 2021 (3-4-0) 2 3 0 USELESS TOOLS
DEAD CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ULURU DINGO 3153 (6-1-1) 1 3 1 SPARF!
WATER DAMAGE 3203 (4-2-0) 0 3 0 BASH BROS BATHROOM
DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
KRAZY KANGAROO 3217 (5-2-0) 2 3 0 SPARF!
DARK MATTER 3325 (5-1-0) 0 3 0 BOOK OF THOMAS