DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/13/2019    Duedate: 06/26/2019

ROCANIS ARENA

DM-56    TURN-741

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HUSH
Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
(56-4755) [10-1-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HUSH                           ALPHA CIRCINI
Q IS FOR QUIET (475)           CIRCINUS (482)
(56-4755) [10-1-0,114]         (56-4818) [3-0-0,32]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

GILBERT IRDAN                  HUSH
MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)            Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
(56-4541) [16-20-2,95]         (56-4755) [10-1-0,114]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

KNIGHTS OF NI (19)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. KNIGHTS OF NI (19)          30
2. Q IS FOR QUIET (475)        27      CREDIT (479)
3. MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)         24      Unchartered Team
4. CREDIT (479)                 2
5. CIRCINUS (482)              -3      CIRCINUS (482)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 CREDIT (479)              64  35  4 64.6   1/ 1 KNIGHTS OF NI (19)        9  5 0
 2/ 2 Q IS FOR QUIET (475)      20  12  1 62.5   2/ 2 Q IS FOR QUIET (475)      7  2 0
 3/ 3 KNIGHTS OF NI (19)       534 490 32 52.1   3/ 3 CREDIT (479)              4  3 0
 4/ 4*CIRCINUS (482)             5   5  0 50.0   4/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)       4 11 0
 5/ 5 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)      449 522 12 46.2   5/ 4*CIRCINUS (482)            3  2 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.

     So you want to know about me, your Duelmaster, eh? Well, I'm pretty longwinded 
and you asked for it!
     The idea for Diners Club was conceived at the Majors Cabin Grill restaurant in 
New York City in 1949. Diners Club cofounder Frank McNamara was dining with clients 
and realized he had left his wallet in another suit. His wife paid the tab, and 
McNamara thought of a multipurpose charge card as a way to avoid similar 
embarrassments in the future. He discussed the idea with the restaurant owner at the 
table, and the following day with his lawyer Ralph Schneider and friend Alfred 
Bloomingdale. McNamara returned to the same restaurant the following February, in 
1950, and paid for his meal using a cardboard charge card and a signature. The story 
became well-known, Diners Club official history referred to this meal as "The First 
Supper" even though, as stated following, some disputed accounts refer to it actually 
having been a lunch, and is credited by historians as the beginnings of contemporary 
credit. Various versions of the story differ about whether it was a lunch or dinner at 
which McNamara forgot his wallet, and whether the bill was paid on loan or McNamara 
waited for his wife to drive his wallet to him. Some journalists later credited Alfred 
Bloomingdale with the idea for Diners Club. McNamara and his attorney, Ralph 
Schneider, founded Diners Club International on February 8, 1950, with $1.5 million in 
initial capital. Alfred Bloomingdale joined briefly, then started a competing venture 
in California before merging his California-based Dine and Sign with Diners Club. 
Diners Club International was named for being a "club of diners" that would allow 
patrons to settle their bill at the end of each month through their credit account. 
When the card was first introduced, Diners Club listed 27 participating restaurants, 
and 200 of the founders's friends and acquaintances used it.
     Diners Club had 20,000 members by the end of 1950 and 42,000 by the end of 1951. 
At the time, the company was charging participating establishments seven percent and 
billed cardholders $5 a year. In 1952, McNamara sold his interest in Diners Club to 
his partners for $200,000. The first plastic Diners Club card was introduced in 1961; 
by the mid-1960s, Diners Club had 1.3 million cardholders. Diners Club International 
was acquired by Citigroup in 1981 and by Discover Financial Services in April 2008.
     Meanwhile, I need a few more wins, and you can charge them, you know? 

                                          -- Diner's Club, DMI

P.S. A big thanks to VP Finance and Wikipedia for putting this together. So you want 
to know about me, your Duelmaster, eh? Well, I'm pretty longwinded and you asked for 
it!

                                      SPY REPORT

     I was going on vacation, see?  Surf, sun...  But what do those bums say?  "Hit 
the road, Debby Tonte.  ROCANIS needs a spyreport."  Oh, well.  MVP award for HUSH?  
Q IS FOR QUIET's proud of him after beating DINER'S CLUB and getting 18 points.  Talk 
about yer major upsets!  DINER'S CLUB's match with HUSH cost it a loss of 8 points!  
And I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!)  Oh well, welcome 
HUSH.  Aren't Q IS FOR QUIET proud.  (Oh, my.) I hear the top team insists all their 
warriors get nine hours sleep.  They want photogenic fighters for PR photos.   
     I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies.  Really, I just 
wing this stuff.  KNIGHTS OF NI was the most avoided team.  Is a 534-490-32 record 
really that scary?  Is there some deep dark secret why Q IS FOR QUIET's been avoiding 
KNIGHTS OF NI so much?  Or is it just that they're too scared?  Like, is DINER'S CLUB 
popular, or what?  It was challenged the most in all of ROCANIS!  It's got a 14-5-1, 
is that good?  For sure, I was holding my breath when I found out BLOODY PEASANT VIII 
challenged ALPHA CIRCINI.  After all, haven't KNIGHTS OF NI and CIRCINUS had a long 
standing duel in ROCANIS?  It wasn't a spectacular fight, or anything, but ALPHA 
CIRCINI wants me to write about it since she defeated BLOODY PEASANT VIII.  
Satisfied?   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you? 
Write!  (Or have someone write for you.)  
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  Its 
been really albendranius!  Later, guys-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HUSH 4755                    10   1  0   114       Q IS FOR QUIET (475)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOUSTON FARMER 4428          15  49  1    99       MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
 GILBERT IRDAN 4541           16  20  2    95       MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DINER'S CLUB 4774            14   5  1    88       CREDIT (479)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WHISPER 4745                  4   3  1    64       Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
 PEACE AND 4705                6   3  0    61       Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
-TITLE MAX 4796                9   4  0    58       CREDIT (479)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ISAM KORL 4536                9  28  1    56       MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
-FIRST NATIONAL 4808           9   7  0    51       CREDIT (479)
 ANIMATOR 4835                 5   4  0    45       KNIGHTS OF NI (19)
 RINGER SIMON 4834             8   5  0    39       MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALPHA CIRCINI 4818            3   0  0    32       CIRCINUS (482)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BETA CIRCINI 4822             2   1  0    18       CIRCINUS (482)
 MOOSE 4848                    2   1  0    17       KNIGHTS OF NI (19)
 NAVY FEDERAL 4846             2   1  0    16       CREDIT (479)
 BLOODY PEASANT VIII 4849      2   1  0    11       KNIGHTS OF NI (19)
 FLUKE HANSOM 4843             1   6  0     9       MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
-FHA 4847                      0   1  0     1       CREDIT (479)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
QUICKEN 4823            9  5 1 CREDIT 479           GILBERT IRDAN 4541    738  REVENGED
DENNIS 4853             0  1 0 KNIGHTS OF NI 19     HAKKON TAIN           741  NONE
PEASANT 4854            0  1 0 KNIGHTS OF NI 19     ROKORI KLEE           741  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

All right! Diner's Club goes platinum! Duelmaster! Yes! -- V.P. Finance

Dead Collector -- If that was an attempt to hand off the title to me, it was a good 
thought, but I wasn't up to it.  My record should tell you  that I'm second-rate at 
this.  On a GOOD day. -- Houston Farmer

Bloody Peasant VIII -- I was embarrassed? -- Fluke Hansom

Diner's Club -- Like I'm going to dine with a golem?  In your dreams. -- Gilbert Irdan

Peace And -- I wish. -- Ringer Simon

Whisper -- I spend a lot of time confused. -- Isam Korl

All right! Diner's Club goes platinum! Duelmaster! Yes! -- V.P. Finance

Alpha Circini, come on! I challenged. Fall down. Take a swim or something! -- Navy 
Federal

Animator, you have been beaten by First National and Second National. We are beginning 
to think of you as part of our organization. -- VP Finance

Gilbert Irdan, thanks for hefting me to the top! -- Diner's Club

Pay me now, or pay me more later. -- V. P. Finance

Well, heck! We saw Diner's name at the top of the newsletter and just presumed he was 
Duelmaster. A DM column was devised. Personal ads spouted same. What the heck! Just 
maybe he IS Duelmaster! -- V,P. Finance and The Credit Team

Ringer -- I want a refund for my JACK tuition!  Isam taught Whisper well and evem that 
wretched Spy taught Hush several things.  Up your game, man! -- Peace And
 

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

PEASANT was butchered by ROKORI KLEE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DENNIS was murdered by HAKKON TAIN in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
HUSH overpowered DINER'S CLUB in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge Title duel.
WHISPER overpowered ISAM KORL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
MOOSE devastated FLUKE HANSOM in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel.
BLOODY PEASANT VIII was savagely defeated by ALPHA CIRCINI in a 2 minute brawl.
HOUSTON FARMER handily defeated PRIEST OF MYTORI in a 2 minute uneven melee.
GILBERT IRDAN vanquished PEACE AND in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
ANIMATOR vanquished BETA CIRCINI in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
RINGER SIMON overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
NAVY FEDERAL overpowered TROCARAN DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   2 -  0      78  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -   7 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   6 -  0      63  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  18 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK     9 -  14 -  0      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW         5 -   9 -  0      36  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   2 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 741 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:

SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  HUSH 4755                  10   1  0  114 Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DINER'S CLUB 4774          14   5  1   88 CREDIT (479)
BASHING ATTACK   WHISPER 4745                4   3  1   64 Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
AIMED BLOW       PEACE AND 4705              6   3  0   61 Q IS FOR QUIET (475)
LUNGING ATTACK   RINGER SIMON 4834           8   5  0   39 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is GILBERT IRDAN 4541.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HUSH 4755.  The ten other most popular fighters were ALPHA CIRCINI 4818, 
HOUSTON FARMER 4428, WHISPER 4745, GILBERT IRDAN 4541, PEASANT 4854, DINER'S CLUB 
4774, MOOSE 4848, RINGER SIMON 4834, NAVY FEDERAL 4846, and BLOODY PEASANT VIII 4849.

The least popular fighter this week was BETA CIRCINI 4822.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FLUKE HANSOM 4843, ISAM KORL 4536, DENNIS 4853, ANIMATOR 4835, 
PEACE AND 4705, BLOODY PEASANT VIII 4849, NAVY FEDERAL 4846, RINGER SIMON 4834, MOOSE 
4848, and DINER'S CLUB 4774.