DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/08/2022    Duedate: 03/07/2022

ILLIS ARENA

DM-59    TURN-399

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SWORDGRAVE
IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
(59-3115) [11-3-0,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SWORDGRAVE                     POSITION IS EMPTY
IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)        
(59-3115) [11-3-0,115]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HARBOR SEAL                    RAIGEKI
ISLANDERS (247)                IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
(59-2954) [13-34-0,82]         (59-3121) [6-2-0,85]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ISLANDERS (247)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)      79
2. IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)     10      IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
3. NEXUS 5 (324)                2      Unchartered Team
4. CLAN DREKMOOR (330)          0
5. ISLANDERS (247)             -1      DANISH HEADBUTTS (173)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)  262 131 13 66.7   1/ 1 ISLANDERS (247)           7  8 0
 2- 2*CLAN DREKMOOR (330)       17  11  1 60.7   2/ 2 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    6  1 0
 3/ 3 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)   233 245 11 48.7   3/ 3 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)   5  5 1
 4/ 4 NEXUS 5 (324)             74  90  1 45.1   4/ 5 NEXUS 5 (324)             3  6 0
 5/ 5 ISLANDERS (247)          544 684 20 44.3   5- 4*CLAN DREKMOOR (330)       2  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.

It appears that this is my day, Hellpop, I have swept the front page.  I would 
willingly have taught you more.

                                          -- Harbor Seal

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to ILLIS once again!  Some people say I ramble too much, I don't 
say anything relevant.  I repeat myself.  I ramble.  Well BASHAHOLICS ANON moved up 
0, to 2nd.  What's with RAIGEKI?  He actually beat NEXUS 5's HELLPOP, and walked away 
with 21 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at IMPROVED ILLUSION.  ENERVATE 
lost 11 points to SOBER FOR 7 DAYS.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe ENERVATE 
will provide more easy wins...  Apparently ILLIS isn't filled with as many gutless 
wonders as I thought.  The Dreaded Duelmaster got 2 challenges this turn!  IMPROVED 
ILLUSION's hatred of ISLANDERS surfaced again as SWORDGRAVE challenged ILLIS' top 
dog.  I can barely restrain my enthusiam for IMPROVED ILLUSION's outstanding member, 
Duelmaster SWORDGRAVE.  Wouldn't it be nice to have live subjects to practice on?  I 
hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  The most avoided team 
was IMPROVED ILLUSION.  Management must be dealin', as the boys at BASHAHOLICS ANON 
ain't reelin'!  IMPROVED ILLUSION's mad!   
     Warriors of ILLIS unite.  You have only your games to lose!  How long have I 
been here?  I got people to see, places to go...   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  Are you 
as tired of reading this as I am of writing it?  Actually, I guess I'm writing it 
before you read it.  Oh, well.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWORDGRAVE 3115              11   3  0   115       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159        13   6  0    96       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAIGEKI 3121                  6   2  0    85       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
 HARBOR SEAL 2954             13  34  0    82       ISLANDERS (247)
 HELLPOP 3085                 15  35  0    80       NEXUS 5 (324)
 ZARUKO 2796                  17  15  0    75       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHOO-CHA 3184                10   6  0    61       ISLANDERS (247)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUBSTITUTION 3213             3   1  0    47       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
 OIL SPILL 3161               10  14  0    44       ISLANDERS (247)
 TOM BLIGH 3193                9   4  1    34       ISLANDERS (247)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WARBEAST 3203                 2   2  0    26       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
-BROKENBONE 3204               4   3  0    25       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRIMFURY 3207                 3   1  0    22       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
 SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 3242         1   0  0    19       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
 AGAIN AND AGAIN 3244          1   0  0    18       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
-RAGEFIRE 3217                 4   2  0    16       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
 AZA CHORN 3246                2   1  0    15       NEXUS 5 (324)
 STARFISH 3232                 3   2  0    12       ISLANDERS (247)
-MADSLAYER 3205                2   2  0    12       CLAN DREKMOOR (330)
 GROBBENDONK 3229              1   3  0     6       NEXUS 5 (324)
 JUBEI 3197                    0   2  0     6       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
 ENERVATE 3200                 1   1  1     5       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SUPPORT GROUP 3243      0  1 0 BASHAHOLICS ANON 297 RICHARD H.            399  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

What did this guy do, that Lee took such revenge on him? -- Shoo-Cha

The NERVE of that Titus Pullo, to defeat ME!  I'll have him walk the plank. -- Tom 
Bligh

Lucius Vorenus lost well.  He obviously studied the "surrendering gracefully" bit. -- 
Oil Spill

Broken Bone -- I don't know how that happened.  I don't DO bones. -- Starfish

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SUPPORT GROUP was butchered by RICHARD H. in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SWORDGRAVE vanquished HARBOR SEAL in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle.
SUBSTITUTION savagely defeated OIL SPILL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Challenge duel.
HELLPOP was overpowered by RAIGEKI in a crowd pleasing 2 minute one-sided fight.
ZARUKO was devastated by NO ONE WILL KNOW in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
SHOO-CHA devastated LEE'S REVENGE in a 2 minute one-sided competition.
TOM BLIGH was handily defeated by SCRAWNY GEORGE in a 1 minute uneven melee.
JUBEI was defeated by STARFISH in a popular 4 minute gory beginner's duel.
ENERVATE was overpowered by SOBER FOR 7 DAYS in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
GROBBENDONK was overpowered by AGAIN AND AGAIN in a 1 minute one-sided match.
AZA CHORN devastated MINI-PUMPKIN in a 2 minute mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         AIMED BLOW        21 -  12 -  2      64  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         WALL OF STEEL     33 -  19 -  4      63  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         TOTAL PARRY        6 -   8 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   19 -  28 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  13 -  0      28  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  11 -  0      21  |

Turn 399 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       SWORDGRAVE 3115            11   3  0  115 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
BASHING ATTACK   NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159      13   6  0   96 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
STRIKING ATTACK  RAIGEKI 3121                6   2  0   85 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
PARRY-LUNGE      ZARUKO 2796                17  15  0   75 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
WALL OF STEEL    SHOO-CHA 3184              10   6  0   61 ISLANDERS (247)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HARBOR SEAL 2954.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was RAIGEKI 3121.  The ten other most popular fighters were SUBSTITUTION 3213, 
JUBEI 3197, NO ONE WILL KNOW 3159, SWORDGRAVE 3115, SHOO-CHA 3184, STARFISH 3232, 
SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 3242, AGAIN AND AGAIN 3244, SUPPORT GROUP 3243, and HARBOR SEAL 
2954.

The least popular fighter this week was AZA CHORN 3246.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were GROBBENDONK 3229, ENERVATE 3200, OIL SPILL 3161, TOM BLIGH 3193, ZARUKO 
2796, HELLPOP 3085, HARBOR SEAL 2954, SUPPORT GROUP 3243, AGAIN AND AGAIN 3244, and 
SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 3242.

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LXVI

CHALLENGERS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
OCEAN SPRAY 2988 (17-8-0)              2  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       
SEA FOAM 2987 (16-7-1)                 0  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SUBSTITUTION 3213 (2-1-0)              1  3  0         BASHAHOLICS ANON     

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DAY WALKER 3209 (1-0-0)                1  3  0         BOOK OF THOMAS       

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
AGAIN AND AGAIN 3244 (0-0-0)           3  3  0         BASHAHOLICS ANON     
SOVER FOR 7 DAYS 3242 (0-0-0)          1  3  0         BASHAHOLICS ANON