DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/23/2024    Duedate: 08/19/2024

ILLIS ARENA

DM 59    TURN 431

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

NEW RIFF
TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)
(59-3258) [14-10-0,129]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

NEW RIFF                       POSITION IS EMPTY
TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)        
(59-3258) [14-10-0,129]        

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

TOM BLIGH                      TOM BLIGH
ISLANDERS (247)                ISLANDERS (247)
(59-3193) [23-22-1,123]        (59-3193) [23-22-1,123]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ISLANDERS (247)               35 
2. TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)       15    TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)
3. BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)        14    Unchartered Team
4. VOLANS (326)                  5  
5. ISLE OF SKYE (58)             -1    POSITION IS EMPTY

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)   14  10  0 58.3   1/ 1 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    8  5 0
 2/ 1 CHAPEL ROCK (287)        410 302 18 57.6   2/ 2 ISLE OF SKYE (58)         6  7 1
 3/ 3 ISLE OF SKYE (58)        276 230 17 54.5   3/ 4 ISLANDERS (247)           5  6 0
 4/ 0 VOLANS (326)              14  13  1 51.9   4/ 3 CHAPEL ROCK (287)         5  6 0
 5/ 4 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)   299 299 12 50.0   5/ 5 TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)   3  0 0
 6/ 5 ISLANDERS (247)          608 767 20 44.2   6/ 0 VOLANS (326)              1  0 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 TOM 
BLIGH, who pummelled 12 STONES, to pocket 16 points.  A certain someone should cut 
down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 9 points to TOM BLIGH.  
(Discrete enough, 12 STONES?) You could cut the tension with a scimitar as D'ARTAGNAN 
of ISLE OF SKYE met the Duelmaster.  NEW RIFF successfully staved off a grab for the 
roses by D'ARTAGNAN of ISLE OF SKYE.  Does ILLIS have no one talented enough to 
dethrone it?  Word has it one team in ILLIS is taking speech lessons to try to bore 
their opponent to death.  I'll bet it works.   
     So much to report, so little time!  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the 
lion, so did the "warriors" in ILLIS avoid ISLE OF SKYE.  The warriors of ISLE OF 
SKYE found their efforts at combat frustrated as BASHAHOLICS ANON apparently had more 
important things to do than fight.  If challenges were horses, TOM BLIGH could open 
up a fast food joint!  As a confidence booster, DISCIPLE challenged STARFISH, down 16 
points.  Do you also slay vicious rodents in your spare time, DISCIPLE?  Next time 
DISCIPLE walks with his head high remind him of the fight where he challenged down 16 
points and lost to STARFISH.  THORUNDR found himself challenged by a warrior 25 
below:  EXODUS.  EXODUS of CHAPEL ROCK kept his wits as he was defeated by THORUNDR.  
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Oh hard!  that to 
strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     Do not think spyreporting in ILLIS is the highlight of my life.  As the seasons 
change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave 
this place.  Do not despair!  I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NEW RIFF 3258                14  10  0 129         TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)   

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOM BLIGH 3193               23  22  1 123         ISLANDERS (247)           
 12 STONES 3078               27  13  0 102         CHAPEL ROCK (287)         
-JAR OF CLAY 3046             27  17  1  99         CHAPEL ROCK (287)         
 D'ARTAGNAN 2174              18  12  0  91         ISLE OF SKYE (58)         
-SKARP-HEDIN 2159             14  19  2  91         ISLE OF SKYE (58)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STARFISH 3232                18  19  0  89         ISLANDERS (247)           
 DISCIPLE 3143                16  11  0  77         CHAPEL ROCK (287)         
 EPSILON VOLANTIS 3196         3   1  0  67         VOLANS (326)              

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 I CAN QUIT 3269              13  10  0  65         BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    
 AGAIN AND AGAIN 3312          7   2  0  57         BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUPPORT GROUP 3255           11  15  0  55         BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    
 THORUNDR 2654                10   7  1  54         ISLE OF SKYE (58)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BEACHCOMBER 3296              7   9  0  32         ISLANDERS (247)           
 EXODUS 3297                   4   7  0  29         CHAPEL ROCK (287)         
 IT'S NOT A PROBLEM 3322       3   1  0  25         BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IN SECRET 3324                1   0  0   7         BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)    
 MIST 3326                     0   1  0   1         ISLE OF SKYE (58)         

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
IRISH MONK 3325         0  3 0 ISLE OF SKYE 58      MOUNTAIN TROLL         431 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Where: Lapur DM 29
When:  Turn 1000 -- August 6th, 2024 is the due date.

Announcing Lapur's 1000th turn. Over the past 38+ years many legendary fighters and 
managers have attended the Lapurian Arena. If you are one of those managers and have a 
inactive team, send them into fight for turn 1000. If you have a tourney team in Lapur 
and need some new recruits for the next tourney, send them in to fight in the Dark 
Arena on turn 1000. Load up the Dark Arena with a page full of fights in the 
newsletter and make it memorable. For this one turn join in and celebrate the arena's 
1000th. C'mon dust off your old Lapurian warriors and send them to fight during the 
day or night for turn 1000 on August 6th!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

IRISH MONK was dealt death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
12 STONES was viciously subdued by TOM BLIGH in a 3 minute expert's Challenge battle.
D'ARTAGNAN was vanquished by NEW RIFF in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title brawl.
DISCIPLE was luckily beaten by STARFISH in a 1 minute master's Challenge match.
EXODUS was viciously subdued by THORUNDR in a 2 minute bloody Challenge fight.
I CAN QUIT was beaten by VETERAN MERCENARY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brawl.
SUPPORT GROUP was savagely defeated by EPSILON VOLANTIS in a 1 minute expert's melee.
AGAIN AND AGAIN won victory over BEACHCOMBER in a 1 minute fight.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
IN SECRET beat MIST in a popular 1 minute novice's melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   0 -  0     100  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   3 -  0      75  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  13 -  1      63  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -   7 -  1      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW        15 -  12 -  0      56  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -  13 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     7 -  10 -  0      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  28 -  0      36  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 431 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         2 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       NEW RIFF 3258              14  10  0  129 TEABAG@CINCY 21.1 (332)
WALL OF STEEL    TOM BLIGH 3193             23  22  1  123 ISLANDERS (247)
TOTAL PARRY      12 STONES 3078             27  13  0  102 CHAPEL ROCK (287)
LUNGING ATTACK   D'ARTAGNAN 2174            18  12  0   91 ISLE OF SKYE (58)
STRIKING ATTACK  EPSILON VOLANTIS 3196       3   1  0   67 VOLANS (326)
BASHING ATTACK   I CAN QUIT 3269            13  10  0   65 BASHAHOLICS ANON (297)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TOM BLIGH 3193.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was TOM BLIGH 3193.  The ten other most popular fighters were DISCIPLE 3143, THORUNDR 
2654, EPSILON VOLANTIS 3196, NEW RIFF 3258, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM 3322, IRISH MONK 3325, 
12 STONES 3078, STARFISH 3232, SUPPORT GROUP 3255, and AGAIN AND AGAIN 3312.

The least popular fighter this week was EXODUS 3297.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were D'ARTAGNAN 2174, BEACHCOMBER 3296, I CAN QUIT 3269, MIST 3326, IN 
SECRET 3324, AGAIN AND AGAIN 3312, SUPPORT GROUP 3255, STARFISH 3232, 12 STONES 3078, 
and IRISH MONK 3325.