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.