DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/08/2021 Duedate: 01/21/2021
JURINE ARENA
DM-61 TURN-748
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SERGEANT 10
MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
(61-4051) [11-2-1,117]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SERGEANT 10 TIGER KING
MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420) YUPPIE EXOTICS (462)
(61-4051) [11-2-1,117] (61-4355) [1-0-0,13]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SERGEANT 1 TIGER KING
MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420) YUPPIE EXOTICS (462)
(61-4208) [13-7-1,84] (61-4355) [1-0-0,13]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. YUPPIE EXOTICS (462) 54
2. MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 16 LOTR (459)
3. MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420) 15 Unchartered Team
4. LOTR (459) 1
5. SS05 05 (464) 0 YUPPIE EXOTICS (462)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*SS05 05 (464) 1 0 0 100 1/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420) 9 6 1
2- 2*SUB SPECIES (452) 9 4 0 69.2 2/ 1 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 8 7 0
3/ 3 LOTR (459) 23 13 1 63.9 3- 3*SUB SPECIES (452) 5 0 0
4/ 5 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420) 120 80 10 60.0 4/ 5 HOWLIN 3-D (439) 2 4 0
5/ 6 HOWLIN 3-D (439) 141 143 12 49.6 5- 7*SS05 05 (464) 1 0 0
6/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387) 653 668 12 49.4 6/ 0*YUPPIE EXOTICS (462) 1 4 0
7/ 0*YUPPIE EXOTICS (462) 1 4 0 20.0 7/ 4 LOTR (459) 1 6 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Good day, in JURINE a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets poor.
So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news. It seems the training can make the
difference, as MIDDLE WAY 16 is pushed out of top team by MEDAL OF HONOR G10, who
came from 2nd with a 3-2-0 this turn. And let's see, SERGEANT 1 fought VETERAN
MERCENARY and gained 16 points and contributed to MEDAL OF HONOR G10's 3-2-0.
SERGEANT 4 has lost to VENOMOUS CONCUBINE, falling 21 points, while helping make
MEDAL OF HONOR G10 a 3-2-0 turn. Defending his title for another turn, SERGEANT 10
kept HOWLIN 3-D's warrior, TREAT, from claiming the throne. By the way, was that our
Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Warty Toad?
Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.'
Inscrutable, but true. The most challenged warrior this turn was HOWLIN 3-D's
warrior TREAT. More fighters challenged him than challenged the Duelmaster!
The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace.
Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed. You gotta do what you gotta do.
HOWLIN 3-D has sent THE BOMB to the Dark Arena. The deed is done. Lift the ale, and
toast the memory. We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their
enemies. You know who you are; and it's considered rude.
Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe. Dare
to fight bravely. It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your
swords sharp and your hammers heavy. Until you see my quill in JURINE again,
farewell-- Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT 10 4051 11 2 1 117 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SERGEANT 4 4045 12 3 2 85 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
SERGEANT 1 4208 13 7 1 84 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
TREAT 4257 11 10 0 83 HOWLIN 3-D (439)
SERGEANT 3 3896 15 6 2 74 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DESERT TORTOISE 4265 3 0 0 60 SUB SPECIES (452)
NOT OLGA 4289 11 10 0 57 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SHELOB 4321 5 2 1 53 LOTR (459)
LITTLE JOEY 4336 7 5 0 50 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
MIRIAM NUT 4327 6 7 0 48 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
-LORD ELROND 4320 5 2 0 38 LOTR (459)
SERGEANT 5 4077 5 19 0 34 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-TREEBEARD 4322 6 2 0 33 LOTR (459)
-SPOTTED OWL 4261 2 1 0 33 SUB SPECIES (452)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ALMA CASE 4378 2 0 0 21 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
-ESCARGOT 4263 2 1 0 16 SUB SPECIES (452)
TIGER KING 4355 1 0 0 13 YUPPIE EXOTICS (462)
-CHOCOLATE LAB 4272 1 0 0 13 SUB SPECIES (452)
-MY NEW SUIT 4369 1 0 0 12 SS05 05 (464)
-HONEY BADGER 4271 1 0 0 10 SUB SPECIES (452)
ISSAC YARDE 4366 0 3 0 3 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
MOUNT DOOM 4360 0 1 0 1 LOTR (459)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
THE BOMB 4232 16 12 0 HOWLIN 3-D 439 WURM KIN 748 NONE
EOWYN 4324 4 2 0 LOTR 459 SPRINGER 4268 745
GEROGE INCH 4296 9 6 0 MIDDLE WAY 16 387 SERGEANT 1 4208 744 REVENGED
HOWARD FOOTE 4359 0 1 0 MIDDLE WAY 16 387 BLINKER 4304 745
ZEUS BERTRAM 4279 14 10 1 MIDDLE WAY 16 387 SERGEANT 4 4045 746
CAROLE 4356 0 1 0 YUPPIE EXOTICS 462 SPYMASTER 748 NONE
DOC BHAGAVAN 4357 0 1 0 YUPPIE EXOTICS 462 ARENAMASTER KHIN 748 NONE
HOWARD 4358 0 1 0 YUPPIE EXOTICS 462 WURM KIN 748 NONE
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SNAGGLEPUSS 4354 0 1 0 YUPPIE EXOTICS 462 ARENAMASTER KHIN 748 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
"J.R.R. -- Help with what? -- Jorja"
Well, Jorja, I guess you will have to read the ads just prior to yours to find out,
because I am too busy writing to do so, and too old to remember. -- J R R
Not Olga, well you were Olga that fight and I was Not Lord Elrond. -- Lord Elrond
Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, Sergeant 5. Hah! Now I can go off in a good mind to The
Mailer. -- Shelob (feeling his oats and power in all eight legs)
Little Joey, you are just as pesky as those Hobbits! -- Treebeard
This is the age of Man. -- J R R
These may be late, but they're here. -- Middle Way
Treebeard -- Go herd the trees. It's what you were born to do. -- Little Joey
Sergeant 1 -- Where do these fans get off screaming advice like they had a clue? --
Miriam Nut
Lord Elrond -- I was surprised when you came out with that long beard. Doesn't seem to
work for you. -- Not Olga
P.S. You kept tripping over it.
My New Suit -- A suit golem! Horrible. Especially the tie. -- Issac Yarde
At least the deserter taught well. -- Alma Case
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
THE BOMB was viciously butchered by WURM KIN in a 7 minute Dark Arena fight.
DOC BHAGAVAN was murdered by ARENAMASTER KHIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
SNAGGLEPUSS was murdered by ARENAMASTER KHIN in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
CAROLE was butchered by SPYMASTER in a popular 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
HOWARD was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena competition.
SERGEANT 10 vanquished TREAT in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
SERGEANT 4 was bested by VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a popular 1 minute competition.
SERGEANT 1 handily defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SERGEANT 3 vanquished LITTLE JOEY in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
NOT OLGA vanquished SERGEANT 5 in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided duel.
MIRIAM NUT viciously subdued THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 2 minute gory bout.
ALMA CASE demolished MOUNT DOOM in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
ISSAC YARDE was viciously subdued by TIGER KING in a exciting 1 minute bloody battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 4 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 1 - 1 88 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 STRIKING ATTACK 16 - 8 - 1 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 6 - 2 67 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 7 - 2 61 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 27 - 26 - 0 51 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 14 - 19 - 0 42 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 TOTAL PARRY 9 - 17 - 0 35 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 748 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 3 3 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK SERGEANT 10 4051 11 2 1 117 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
PARRY-LUNGE SERGEANT 4 4045 12 3 2 85 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
SLASHING ATTACK SERGEANT 1 4208 13 7 1 84 MEDAL OF HONOR G10 (420)
AIMED BLOW TREAT 4257 11 10 0 83 HOWLIN 3-D (439)
WALL OF STEEL NOT OLGA 4289 11 10 0 57 MIDDLE WAY 16 (387)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SERGEANT 1 4208. The most popular warrior this turn
was THE BOMB 4232. The ten other most popular fighters were TIGER KING 4355,
SERGEANT 10 4051, NOT OLGA 4289, ALMA CASE 4378, SERGEANT 1 4208, SERGEANT 3 3896,
MIRIAM NUT 4327, DOC BHAGAVAN 4357, CAROLE 4356, and TREAT 4257.
The least popular fighter this week was ISSAC YARDE 4366. The other ten least
popular fighters were MOUNT DOOM 4360, LITTLE JOEY 4336, SERGEANT 4 4045, HOWARD
4358, SNAGGLEPUSS 4354, SERGEANT 5 4077, TREAT 4257, CAROLE 4356, DOC BHAGAVAN 4357,
and MIRIAM NUT 4327.
WINTER BLOODGAMES 2021
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new round of Bloodgames beginning at the
Winter Mail-in! For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last
warrior standing alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. At the end of the ten
turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only one will
be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere survival counts for
little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not to die for your
cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have greatly enjoyed
the Duelmasters Bloodgames. We will hold three different arenas:
Mail-in-Style (DM 97): One strategy for all ten rounds, due January 16.
This arena will process along with the winter mail-in.
Regular Speed (DM 96): Strategy changes allowed; bloodfeud challenges only.
Turn 1 is due February 2 and turns process every 14 days.
Slow (DM 95): Strategy changes allowed; bloodfeud challenges only.
Turn 1 is due May 10 and turns process every 28 days.
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are 84 points, 3-21, as usual.)
To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them in. We'll mail or email
your overviews and you can write up your strategies.
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the turn-based bloodgames (DM 96 and DM 95), there are
no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds. For the Mail-in style arena (DM 97), each
warrior will have a single strategy for all ten rounds. There will be no DA
challenges in either arena.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 97 is due January 16, DM 96 is due February 2, and
DM 95 is due May 10. DM 97 will process along with the winter mail-in and the other
two are turn-based and will process on a 14- and 28-day schedule respectively.
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th
through 6th place, will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number
of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration: Each of these
six warriors must be of a different fighting style. Win/loss records and, if
necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie.
A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!