DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/27/2021    Duedate: 08/23/2021

ILLIS ARENA

DM-59    TURN-392

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FROZEN MUDSLIDE
HANGOVERS (265)
(59-3106) [8-1-0,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FROZEN MUDSLIDE                GRIMFURY
HANGOVERS (265)                CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
(59-3106) [8-1-0,105]          (59-3207) [3-0-0,30]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

FALSE IDLE                     NO ONE WILL KNOW
CHAPEL ROCK (287)              BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
(59-2984) [13-19-0,77]         (59-3159) [8-5-0,70]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLAN DREKMOOR (330)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CHAPEL ROCK (287)           38
2. ISLANDERS (247)             22      HANGOVERS (265)
3. HANGOVERS (265)             15      Unchartered Team
4. BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)      11
5. CLAN DREKMOOR (330)          3      CLAN DREKMOOR (330)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*CLAN DREKMOOR (330)       10   5  1 66.7   1/ 1*CLAN DREKMOOR (330)      10  5 1
 2/ 3 HANGOVERS (265)          278 177 21 61.1   2/ 4 CHAPEL ROCK (287)        10  5 0
 3- 4 BOOK OF THOMAS (317)      72  52  4 58.1   3/ 2 HANGOVERS (265)           9  3 1
 4/ 5 CHAPEL ROCK (287)        368 268 18 57.9   4/ 5 ISLANDERS (247)           6  9 0
 5/ 6 NEXUS 5 (324)             71  67  1 51.4   5/ 3 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    5  7 2
 6/ 7 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)   219 238 10 47.9   6/ 7 NEXUS 5 (324)             2  6 0
 7- 8 VOLANS (326)              10  12  1 45.5   7- 6 BOOK OF THOMAS (317)      1  4 0
 8/ 9 ISLANDERS (247)          526 667 20 44.1   8- 9 VOLANS (326)              1  5 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of ILLIS.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give 
you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Practice pays for JAR 
OF CLAY, who pummelled NO ONE WILL KNOW, to pocket 20 points.  A certain someone 
should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 14 points to JAR OF 
CLAY.  (Discrete enough, NO ONE WILL KNOW?) Duelmaster CLAYBORN from NEXUS 5 is going 
for the gold, as he challenged HANGOVERS' FROZEN MUDSLIDE.  Ooh, the excitement!  In 
ILLIS, nothing is permanent (except Death), and we find ourselves a new Duelmaster, 
FROZEN MUDSLIDE.  So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and 
ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     And how sociable are ILLIS' warriors?  Come, let us see.  To quell some nasty 
rumors, the guys in IMPROVED ILLUSION are not carrying any incurable diseases.  No 
need to avoid 'em.  As a woman of good breeding scorns the "warriors" of CHAPEL ROCK, 
so did that sorry team shy from IMPROVED ILLUSION Everyone is famous for fifteen 
minutes, and FROZEN MUDSLIDE is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't 
HANGOVERS proud!   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Congratulations, NEED A FIX.  The manager of CHAPEL ROCK should have sent 
BARNABAS to the Dark Arena for having a 8-10-0 long ago.  I hear DOOMBLADE of CLAN 
DREKMOOR tired of the battles and was thinking of becoming a priest.  FLAMING SAMBUCA 
of HANGOVERS saved him the effort of getting references.  LEE'S REVENGE of ILLIS 
sends VIRGIN CAESAR of HANGOVERS goes to the Weary Warrior's Retirement Home.  ILLIS 
has no place for weaklings!  Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee. 
     Leave me now, you base fools!  More important duties call me.  ILLIS, I leave 
you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Warty Toad.  'Til next 
time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FROZEN MUDSLIDE 3106          8   1  0   105       HANGOVERS (265)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SEA FOAM 2987                16   7  1   101       BOOK OF THOMAS (317)
 12 STONES 3078               16   7  0    94       CHAPEL ROCK (287)
-OCEAN SPRAY 2988             17   8  0    93       BOOK OF THOMAS (317)
 NEED A FIX 3141              15  12  1    92       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
-KAPPA VOLANTIS 3133          10   2  1    92       VOLANS (326)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BAHAMA MAMA 3064              9   2  1    89       HANGOVERS (265)
-RIVER RAT 3014               13   9  0    84       BOOK OF THOMAS (317)
 JAR OF CLAY 3046             16  12  1    78       CHAPEL ROCK (287)
 FALSE IDLE 2984              13  19  0    77       CHAPEL ROCK (287)
 HELLPOP 3085                 15  29  0    74       NEXUS 5 (324)
 NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159         8   5  0    70       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DISCIPLE 3143                 6   4  0    66       CHAPEL ROCK (287)
 HARBOR SEAL 2954             11  29  0    62       ISLANDERS (247)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-KRYSMOPOMPAS 3140             5   4  0    55       NEXUS 5 (324)
 OIL SPILL 3161                7  10  0    39       ISLANDERS (247)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLAMING SAMBUCA 3174          2   1  1    32       HANGOVERS (265)
 GRIMFURY 3207                 3   0  0    30       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
 TOM BLIGH 3193                5   1  1    28       ISLANDERS (247)
 WARBEAST 3203                 2   1  0    28       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PURPLE HAZE 3165              2   1  0    21       HANGOVERS (265)
 SHOO-CHA 3184                 4   5  0    20       ISLANDERS (247)
 BROKENBONE 3204               2   1  0    18       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
-BOBBING CORPSE 3162           2   2  0    18       BOOK OF THOMAS (317)
 MADSLAYER 3205                1   2  0     8       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
-THETA VOLANTIS 3188           0   1  0     7       VOLANS (326)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BARRIER REEF 3199             1   3  0     6       ISLANDERS (247)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
IN SECRET 3210          0  1 0 BASHAHOLICS ANON 297 SPYMASTER             392  NONE
BARNABAS 3079           8 11 0 CHAPEL ROCK 287      NEED A FIX 3141       392   
DOOMBLADE 3206          2  1 1 CLAN DREKMOOR 330    FLAMING SAMBUCA 3174  392   
VIRGIN CAESAR 3163      5  5 0 HANGOVERS 265        LEE'S REVENGE         392  NONE
MUSHIZO 3191            1  1 0 IMPROVED ILLUSIO 261 TOM BLIGH 3193        388  NOT REVENGED
DA1 3215                0  1 0 NEXUS 5 324          BANDIT PRINCE         392  NONE
DA2 3216                0  1 0 NEXUS 5 324          STONE GOLEM           392  NONE
EPSILON VOLANTIS 3196   0  1 0 VOLANS 326           DOOMBLADE 3206        390   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

These personals from us are late, slow arenas always get lost in my mental schedule.  
I'll work on it. -- Jorja, Islanders

We salute the tourney participants, with a special nod for Kappa Volantis, tourney 
victor in Adepts, and Flaming Samburca, victor in Rookies. -- Islanders

Jar of Clay -- Probably not fired high enough. -- Harbor Seal

The Userous Merchant was a waste of my time. -- Shoo-Cha

Virgin Caesar -- Jorja did her usual thing and looked you up.  Yuck. Glad I don't have 
to drink one. -- Oil Spill

Warbeast -- I'm glad when you had the choice of "surrender or die," you didn't choose 
death.  That's depressing. -- Tom Bligh

Brokenbone -- I can sympathize with that.  I've got plenty of broken coral, not HERE, 
of course, it's too cold.  Not my kind of climate at all. -- Barrier Reef

Clan Drekmoor -- No hard feelings.  Epsilon Volantis was a 17-5-6-21-9-9-17 ST.  
Despite only managing a 1-3 in this past Rookies, I may give her a try in October's 
Dead Apprentices.  Kappa Volantis is timed at 30 FE and will be going inactive until 
October so that she can fight in Champions, so Doomblade has nothing to fear from me.  
Good luck in the meantime. -- One Armed Bandit, mgr of Volans

Our congratulations to Clayborn. -- Islanders

Sorry our personals didn't get in by deadline last turn.  We seem to have a problem 
with the slow arena timing. -- Islanders

Barnabas -- You realize you're beating up on an endangered species? -- Harbor Seal

Flaming Sambuca -- Is that based on elderberry wine?  You wouldn't need flame to get a 
hangover from it. -- Tom Bligh

Purple Haze -- I thought about asking Jorja where my name came from, and then I 
thought better of it.  Stuff gets weird in her head. -- Shoo-Cha

Jar of Clay -- You'd make a good container for some oil. -- Oil Spill

Madslayer -- I'm entirely sane, but unfortunately vulnerable.  Be gentle with me. -- 
Barrier Reef

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

IN SECRET was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
DA2 was put to death by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute Dark Arena match.
CLAYBORN was defeated by FROZEN MUDSLIDE in a 1 minute Challenge Title duel.
BARNABAS was butchered by NEED A FIX in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
DISCIPLE overpowered HARBOR SEAL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
PURPLE HAZE was devastated by OIL SPILL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
FLAMING SAMBUCA butchered DOOMBLADE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
12 STONES unbelievably bested DOOMIE JUGGERNAUT in a 4 minute expert's fight.
NO ONE WILL KNOW lost to JAR OF CLAY in a popular 3 minute duel.
HELLPOP was viciously subdued by FALSE IDLE in a popular 4 minute veteran's duel.
VIRGIN CAESAR was put to death by LEE'S REVENGE in a popular 1 minute brutal bout.
TOM BLIGH subdued BROKENBONE in a 2 minute bloody competition.
SHOO-CHA bested MADSLAYER in a 1 minute battle.
BARRIER REEF was demolished by GRIMFURY in a crowd pleasing 2 minute one-sided brawl.
WARBEAST overpowered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       7         WALL OF STEEL     35 -  24 -  5      59  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  11 -  0      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK    11 -   9 -  1      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         STRIKING ATTACK   29 -  26 -  1      53  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW        26 -  24 -  1      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         LUNGING ATTACK    10 -  17 -  0      37  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   9 -  0      31  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   5 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    1 -   5 -  1      17  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   3 -  0       0  |

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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       FROZEN MUDSLIDE 3106        8   1  0  105 HANGOVERS (265)
TOTAL PARRY      12 STONES 3078             16   7  0   94 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
WALL OF STEEL    NEED A FIX 3141            15  12  1   92 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
BASHING ATTACK   NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159       8   5  0   70 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FALSE IDLE 2984.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159.  The ten other most popular fighters were FALSE IDLE 2984, 
GRIMFURY 3207, DA2 3216, TOM BLIGH 3193, NEED A FIX 3141, HELLPOP 3085, BROKENBONE 
3204, BARNABAS 3079, DISCIPLE 3143, and OIL SPILL 3161.

The least popular fighter this week was MADSLAYER 3205.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were DOOMBLADE 3206, PURPLE HAZE 3165, HARBOR SEAL 2954, DA1 3215, IN SECRET 
3210, VIRGIN CAESAR 3163, 12 STONES 3078, FROZEN MUDSLIDE 3106, WARBEAST 3203, and 
BARRIER REEF 3199.

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

CLAYBORN (59-3117) NEXUS 5 (324)

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LXV

CONTENDERS TOURNEY                     W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
EVANGELION 2340 (76-88-2)              0  5  0         IMPROVED ILLUSION    

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BILLY THE KID 2969 (46-69-2)           6  4  0         YOUNG GUNS           

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
IMMACULATECOLLECTION 2632 (33-4-1)     4  3  0         CHAPEL ROCK          
BABY RUTH 2943 (61-35-0)               3  3  0         SHEWISH MUNCHIES     

CHALLENGERS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
OCEAN SPRAY 2988 (17-8-0)              1  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       
SEA FOAM 2987 (16-7-1)                 1  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       
WISE OLD WAYNE 2427 (14-6-0)           0  3  0         NOT QUITE            

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BAHAMA MAMA 3064 (9-2-1)               4  3  0         HANGOVERS            

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DAY WALKER 3209 (0-0-0)                3  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       
SUBSTITUTION 3213 (0-0-0)              3  3  0         BASHAHOLICS ANON     
SUPPORT GROUP 3214 (0-0-0)             2  3  0         BASHAHOLICS ANON     
JUBEI 3197 (0-0-0)                     1  3  0         IMPROVED ILLUSION