DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/15/2022    Duedate: 12/12/2022

ILLIS ARENA

DM-59    TURN-409

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SHOO-CHA
ISLANDERS (247)
(59-3184) [17-9-0,98]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SHOO-CHA                       SCRAPPER BLACKWEL
ISLANDERS (247)                KILLER BLUES (280)
(59-3184) [17-9-0,98]          (59-2458) [2-0-0,24]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HARBOR SEAL                    OIL SPILL
ISLANDERS (247)                ISLANDERS (247)
(59-2954) [16-41-0,89]         (59-3161) [16-18-0,84]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ISLANDERS (247)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. KILLER BLUES (280)          67
2. BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)      26      IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
3. NEXUS 5 (324)               23      Unchartered Team
4. IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)     14
5. ISLANDERS (247)              9      KILLER BLUES (280)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 4*KILLER BLUES (280)         5   2  0 71.4   1/ 2 ISLANDERS (247)           7  8 0
 2/ 1 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)  284 152 15 65.1   2/ 1 IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)   6  4 0
 3/ 5 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)   248 264 11 48.4   3/ 3 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    6  4 0
 4/ 7 NEXUS 5 (324)             89 110  1 44.7   4/ 7*KILLER BLUES (280)        5  2 0
 5/ 8 ISLANDERS (247)          570 708 20 44.6   5/ 4 NEXUS 5 (324)             4  6 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.

These Kungfusians.  He stabbed at me with his hands, I parried with my blade, he was 
struck in the arm by my parry and began bleeding heavily, so he surrendered.  Armor is 
your friend.  Believe it.

                                          -- Harbor Seal

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings warriors!  It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the 
clash and bustle of the weekly ILLIS games.  Former top team IMPROVED ILLUSION was 
unseated this week as ISLANDERS moved up from 2nd ranking to take the top spot with a 
2-3-0 record for the round.  Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the 
corner!  Witness how this week KILLER BLUES went 4-1-0 to move up 3 in the rankings.  
In one of the week's more notable duels, SCRAPPER BLACKWEL put down SUPPORT GROUP, 
causing him to lose 7 points of recognition in the process.  Not for nothing has 
SHOO-CHA in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week she's 
proven hers combat skill yet again.  Informants "close" to the city champion have 
told me that he never fights without pantyhose on beneath his armor.  Watch out!   
     Many and various are the arts of battle.  In ILLIS "art" is a word that has long 
since passed from the language!  I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when this 
week's challenge seeking began.  IMPROVED ILLUSION is feared.  This much I can say.  
Apparently the stalwarts of BASHAHOLICS ANON are catching the bulk of jests down at 
the challenging board for their large share of the avoids.  Loose talk at the arena 
has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after 
OIL SPILL.  Watch your back!  A match that raised a few eyebrows at the games this 
week, it seems that SOBER FOR 7 DAYS posted a challenge against the more highly 
recognized HARBOR SEAL.  The results, you ask?  Well, the firebrand SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 
overcame HARBOR SEAL.  Remember warriors, this is the discipline of steel.   
     Is not Death a warrior's foremost adviser?   Warriors, may this counselor stand 
ready at your right hand forever!  Fate is a fickle mistress.  She showers the 
miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious.  Remember this!   
     If it were not for my skills as a spy I would have been mugged three times 
already in ILLIS.  Nice atmosphere you have here!  More than a sharp eye must I keep, 
indeed a stout pair of legs must I keep as well!  The endless paths of Alastari await 
me!  Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier than the sword, but a maul is a 
different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHOO-CHA 3184                17   9  0    98       ISLANDERS (247)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RAIGEKI 3121                 11   3  1   131       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
-SUBSTITUTION 3213             6   5  0   105       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARBOR SEAL 2954             16  41  0    89       ISLANDERS (247)
 SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 3242         6   4  0    88       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
 OIL SPILL 3161               16  18  0    84       ISLANDERS (247)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JUBEI 3197                    5   7  1    63       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
 AZA CHORN 3246                7   5  0    59       NEXUS 5 (324)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOM BLIGH 3193               14   9  1    52       ISLANDERS (247)
 LOTHAR DYFONATE 3250          4   4  0    48       NEXUS 5 (324)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STARFISH 3232                 8   7  0    31       ISLANDERS (247)
 SCRAPPER BLACKWEL 2458        2   0  0    24       KILLER BLUES (280)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KILLER RAY ALLISON 3270       1   0  0    20       KILLER BLUES (280)
-KYUBEY 3267                   1   0  0    16       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)
 SUPPORT GROUP 3255            3   1  0    14       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
 IDA COX 2459                  1   0  0    13       KILLER BLUES (280)
 BLIND BOY FULLER 2457         1   0  0    13       KILLER BLUES (280)
 I CAN QUIT 3269               1   0  0    11       BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
 LADY BO 2456                  0   1  0     7       KILLER BLUES (280)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CHAR AZNABLE 3266             0   1  0     1       IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FLAMING SAMBUCA 3174    3  4 1 HANGOVERS 265        JUBEI 3197            405  REVENGED
DA1 3272                0  1 0 NEXUS 5 324          MOUNTAIN TROLL        409  NONE
DA2 3273                0  1 0 NEXUS 5 324          STONE GOLEM           409  NONE
GROBBENDONK 3229        3  5 0 NEXUS 5 324          GREYHOUND 3219        405  REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

The Assassin slipped in the oil--it has its uses--and I stabbed him. He's in no 
position to complain, that's the kind of opportunity he seizes. -- Oil Spill

They shoulda let me bury the kungfusian in the sands.  A speed bump is about all he's 
good for. -- Shoo-Cha

Aza Chorn -- I'll have you walk the plank!  Nobody like you belongs on MY ship. -- Tom 
Bligh

Lothar Dyfonate -- Is ONE skill what you call "some pointers"? Disappointing.  But any 
guy named Lothar is bound to be a villain. -- Starfish

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA2 was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SOBER FOR 7 DAYS handily defeated HARBOR SEAL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
AZA CHORN was viciously subdued by OIL SPILL in a 3 minute Challenge brawl.
SHOO-CHA defeated KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute Title match.
LOTHAR DYFONATE devastated STARFISH in a 2 minute gory uneven brawl.
TOM BLIGH was devastated by JUBEI in a 1 minute mismatched match.
SUPPORT GROUP was viciously subdued by SCRAPPER BLACKWEL in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
IDA COX vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
I CAN QUIT vanquished LADY BO in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BLIND BOY FULLER vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
KILLER RAY ALLISON overpowered VENAL CLERK in a 1 minute one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   6 -  0      65  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     29 -  19 -  0      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   5 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   26 -  24 -  3      52  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   6 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  11 -  0      45  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         AIMED BLOW        16 -  20 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -   9 -  1      36  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 409 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    SHOO-CHA 3184              17   9  0   98 ISLANDERS (247)
STRIKING ATTACK  SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 3242       6   4  0   88 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
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 OIL SPILL 3161.  The ten other most popular fighters were DA1 3272, DA2 
3273, SHOO-CHA 3184, LOTHAR DYFONATE 3250, SOBER FOR 7 DAYS 3242, SCRAPPER BLACKWEL 
2458, I CAN QUIT 3269, AZA CHORN 3246, JUBEI 3197, and SUPPORT GROUP 3255.

The least popular fighter this week was LADY BO 2456.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TOM BLIGH 3193, HARBOR SEAL 2954, STARFISH 3232, KILLER RAY ALLISON 
3270, BLIND BOY FULLER 2457, IDA COX 2459, SUPPORT GROUP 3255, JUBEI 3197, AZA CHORN 
3246, and I CAN QUIT 3269.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

RAIGEKI (59-3121) IMPROVED ILLUSION (261)

                  MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXXVI

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SINCLAIR 3099 (45-31-1)                1  3  0         NEXUS 5              

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

CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
RAIGEKI 3121 (11-3-1)                  5  3  1         IMPROVED ILLUSION    

INITIATES TOURNEY                      W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
NEW RIFF 3258 (2-0-0)                  2  3  0         TEABAG@CINCY 21.1    

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
LIGHTNIN' SLIM 2455 (0-1-0)            0  1  0  DEAD   KILLER BLUES         

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
I CAN QUIT 3269 (0-0-0)                5  3  0         BASHAHOLICS ANON     
LADY BO 2456 (0-0-0)                   2  3  1         KILLER BLUES         
BLIND BOY FULLER 2457 (0-0-0)          1  3  0         KILLER BLUES         
IDA COX 2459 (0-0-0)                   1  3  0         KILLER BLUES         

DEAD CHALLENGERS TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
JUDAS PRIEST 2506 (11-3-3)             2  3  0         CHAPEL ROCK          
HARVEY WALLBANGER 2382 (4-2-0)         0  2  0         HANGOVERS            

DEAD CHAMPIONS TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
SINGAPORE SLING 2974 (5-3-0)           7  3  1         HANGOVERS            
RSI CS 2482 (11-4-1)                   6  3  0         IMPROVED ILLUSION    

DEAD ADEPTS TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
MACCABEE 3088 (9-4-1)                  8  3  1         NEXUS 5              
ALVIN 3148 (0-0-0)                     1  3  0         NICKLEODEON          

DEAD INITIATES TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DOOMBLADE 3206 (2-1-1)                 5  3  1         CLAN DREKMOOR        

DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
EPSILON VOLANTIS 3196 (0-1-0)          4  3  1         VOLANS               
DE SNOOT 3089 (0-0-0)                  3  3  1         NEXUS 5              

                 Here are the stylemaster winners from FTF 67 in DC.

Congrats to all!

200 PS - CARTMAN 7-4034            
200 TP - LINT 48-1380              
200 ST - RALTUMAN OMELET 78-2857   
200 BA - DMITRI 3-2461             
200 PR - SIKAMIKANICO 7-2681       
200 WS - RED DAWG 41-2689          
200 PL - GEOMANCER 18-4166         
200 SL - LEGACY 18-5620            
200 LU - TARAD 18-181              
200 AB - SMALL POX 84-18995        
201 ST - CEER 96-1537              
201 SL - ZEALOT 6-3656             
201 PS - CADILLAC DUARDO 18-2130   
201 BA - BUTCH 66-1831             
201 PR - CHOOSE GOOSE 40-4592      
201 TP - SPARE ANCHOR 18-9610      
201 PL - AFTER 10 BEERS! 84-21651  
201 LU - GROND 69-8678             
201 WS - FURIOUS GORGE 3-6923      
201 AB - MUSH 84-27306             
202 PS - JASON VOORHEES 97-4408    
202 ST - EERIEST EXPECTATION 84-319
202 BA - CYCLOPS 7-4625            
202 PL - ABCESS 18-10356           
202 SL - ONE MIC 36-7580           
202 TP - VANGUARD 4-5966           
202 PR - MAXIMILLIAN 96-5272       
202 WS - HIGH-END BUN 65-7554      
202 LU - DREAM CATCHER 74-3177     
202 AB - TWIG 82-25226             
203 ST - CADEX CFM 18-3366         
203 BA - SUNGLASSES 73-3223        
203 WS - METAL BRACE 7-6453        
203 SL - LEAPS INTO THE AIR 75-85  
203 TP - COLOSSEUM HALLS 1-8871    
203 PR - DREAM OF DAY 30-4750      
203 PL - COREA 12-7086             
203 PS - SOLO 40-4614              
203 LU - WATERLOO 16-6545          
203 AB - SHEMP 18-10958            
204 SL - SPYMUSTARD 43-4972        
204 LU - NEVERMORE 9-5846          
204 WS - BUFFALOCALYPSE 96-6114    
204 PL - NESTORIUS 98-6356         
204 AB - WORTH THE HEADACHE 86-3737
204 PS - MAJOR CINNAMON 97-6894    
204 BA - JAROBI 24-5158            
204 TP - RARE BREED 28-5350        
204 ST - END OF TIME 22-7377       
204 PR - ROLLY 74-4656             
205 PS - GUY 'N ANNE 18-10794      
205 BA - MAD WORLD 4-7431          
205 PL - FULL OF HOT AIR 82-16328  
205 WS - VERALCHE 84-24771         
205 SL - DOUBLE DOWN 84-57437      
205 PR - DEVIL LINT 85-3009        
205 ST - INFERNAL SNIT 84-44010    
205 LU - ELVIS 85-7038             
205 AB - DOLEMITE 85-24265         
205 TP - GLINT 85-33               
206 PS - HARVEY WALLBANGER 7-5737  
206 PR - NIGHTMARE 85-49357        
206 PL - RODMAN 86-22633           
206 BA - IN SITU 18-11079          
206 WS - PHANTOM OF THE LLAMA 73-70
206 SL - VETERAN 85-46550          
206 TP - CHAINSAW 85-47069         
206 LU - DOOM BAGELS 86-7810       
206 ST - TAKEDOWN 85-44143         
206 AB - EVIL TRIBBLE 85-52462     
207 WS - DEFENDER 86-7919          
207 BA - FIREWALL 54-3322          
207 TP - TEMPEST 86-18400          
207 PS - MILKSHOOK 86-7284         
207 PL - WHISPERJACK 86-14525      
207 AB - CONDITION 86-7094         
207 PR - BAD MOON RISING 86-16673  
207 SL - XOLV 3-8180               
207 ST - DEATH SLALKER 86-9029     
207 LU - MUKTUK 43-5425            
208 PS - ASPIDISKE 78-3519         
208 WS - NEGATIVE REGRET 14-5611   
208 PL - TERRIBLE DRUID 86-20918   
208 SL - ORLANDO FRAZIER 85-51564  
208 TP - MARGTA 25-6282            
208 LU - ALNAIR 50-4070            
208 PR - HIGH PLAINS QUEEN 4-7542  
208 AB - EVIL BUMP KNEED 61-4432   
208 BA - XYN 25-6325               
208 ST - DARKSTAR 10-6736          
209 PL - M.V.P. 73-8951            
209 PS - THE PERSIAN 2-6662        
209 PR - STEEL E STAIR 85-28334    
209 AB - KEEP IT CLASSY 3-8243     
209 TP - STUBBS 86-8387            
209 LU - GHOSTFIRE 86-21652        
209 ST - JANKY 74-4868             
209 WS - PANFORTE 86-8417          
209 BA - USPS 86-17811             
209 SL - SOUL SHADOW 86-20893      
210 SL - AFTER SCHOOL AGGRO 86-1044
210 PS - UNTAMED SAVAGERY 75-4051  
210 PR - OORKE 51-6384             
210 BA - MILKSHAKE 87-1949         
210 PL - SONNY ROOF 28-5898        
210 WS - REGRET 87-1903            
210 LU - PERPLEXED HEMP 85-54912   
210 ST - AVIAG 87-1882             
210 AB - NIGHT HUNGER 51-6302      
210 TP - ROMAN 87-2112