DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/18/2019    Duedate: 12/31/2019

DAL SHANG ARENA

DM-65    TURN-716

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PRIME
THE MENTORS 17081 (778)
(65-7660) [7-3-1,86]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY              KHORGA KHAN
                               PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)
                               (65-7737) [3-2-0,40]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BUMBLEFINGER                   PEARL JOSEPHINA
SAND DANCERS (233)             SAND DANCERS (233)
(65-7655) [20-30-1,91]         (65-7714) [12-11-0,65]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SAND DANCERS (233)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THAT SMELL (760)            27
2. PLACES (767)                26      THAT SMELL (760)
3. THE MENTORS 17081 (778)     18      Unchartered Team
4. WISE GUYS (781)             15
5. SAND DANCERS (233)          12      PLACES (767)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*KHORS GON IN 60 (768)      7   2  0 77.8   1/ 1 SAND DANCERS (233)        8  7 0
 2/ 2 THAT SMELL (760)         137  73  5 65.2   2/ 3*PLACES (767)              4  1 1
 3/ 3 THE MENTORS 17081 (778)    7   4  1 63.6   3/ 4 THE MENTORS 17081 (778)   3  0 0
 4/ 4*PLACES (767)               7   6  1 53.8   4/ 2 THAT SMELL (760)          3  3 1
 5/ 7*WISE GUYS (781)            3   3  0 50.0   5- 6*KHORS GON IN 60 (768)     1  0 0
 6/ 6 SAND DANCERS (233)       %1621 %1719 51 48.5   6/ 7*WISE GUYS (781)           1  2 0
 7/ 5*PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)   3   4  0 42.9   7/ 5*PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)  1  3 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of DAL 
SHANG brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see STARLIGHT win a fight and gain 21 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, 
CRAFTY beat LARRIS TAN and LARRIS TAN lost 8 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And 
it's out with the old, in with the new, as PRIME takes the Title and last week's bar 
tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  The Blazing Unicorn, humph!  I've tasted 
better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From DAL SHANG's trash 
dumps?   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.  What's the big D?  PLACES was the most avoided team?  
Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse...  And it looks like WISE GUYS 
avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.  
Hmph.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave 
team is developing these kinds of weapons?   
     There's got to be a better place in DAL SHANG to get a drink than The Blazing 
Unicorn!  Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city 
of DAL SHANG.  I feel much better now.  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRIME 7660                    7   3  1    86       THE MENTORS 17081 (778)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUMBLEFINGER 7655            20  30  1    91       SAND DANCERS (233)
 MO STANK 7692                 9   5  0    91       THAT SMELL (760)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714         12  11  0    65       SAND DANCERS (233)
-BERNADINE 7546                7   2  0    65       KHORS GON IN 60 (768)
 DON LO 7716                  14   8  0    59       SAND DANCERS (233)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MIGHTY MITE 7720             11  10  1    54       SAND DANCERS (233)
-CANNELTON 7523                2   0  0    51       PLACES (767)
 KHORGA KHAN 7737              3   2  0    40       PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)
-TELL CITY 7524                3   0  0    38       PLACES (767)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRAFTY 7733                   3   2  0    33       WISE GUYS (781)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STARLIGHT 7542                1   0  1    21       PLACES (767)
 LARRIS TAN 7740               5   3  0    18       SAND DANCERS (233)
-A 7732                        0   1  0     1       WISE GUYS (781)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
OLTIMAL THE LAME        0  0 0                      STARLIGHT 7542        716  NONE
NO PLACE LIKE HO 7579   0  1 0 PLACES 767           BLACK STORM           716  NONE
A 7745                  0  1 0 THAT SMELL 760       MASTER JAI ARRAL      716  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

A was butchered by MASTER JAI ARRAL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME was slaughtered by BLACK STORM in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
BUMBLEFINGER was subdued by PRIME in a 1 minute expert's Title fight.
MO STANK devastated CAPTIAN LENSAR in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
DON LO overpowered MIM YELLOWHAIR in a 1 minute mismatched match.
MIGHTY MITE devastated SAGAT OF PAIDAN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
PEARL JOSEPHINA devastated KHORGA KHAN in a 2 minute bloody mismatched match.
LARRIS TAN was overpowered by CRAFTY in a 5 minute gruesome uneven melee.
STARLIGHT slaughtered OLTIMAL THE LAME 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                       3         AIMED BLOW        11 -   3 -  0      79  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    13 -   6 -  1      68  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -   8 -  0      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    10 -  11 -  0      48  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   9 -  0      44  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        2 -   6 -  0      25  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    1 -   3 -  1      25  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 716 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:

STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         5  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       PRIME 7660                  7   3  1   86 THE MENTORS 17081 (778)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714       12  11  0   65 SAND DANCERS (233)
PARRY-STRIKE     DON LO 7716                14   8  0   59 SAND DANCERS (233)
BASHING ATTACK   MIGHTY MITE 7720           11  10  1   54 SAND DANCERS (233)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BUMBLEFINGER 7655.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714.  The ten other most popular fighters were CRAFTY 7733, 
MO STANK 7692, KHORGA KHAN 7737, PRIME 7660, DON LO 7716, MIGHTY MITE 7720, NO PLACE 
LIKE HOME 7579, STARLIGHT 7542, A 7745, and BUMBLEFINGER 7655.

The least popular fighter this week was LARRIS TAN 7740.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BUMBLEFINGER 7655, A 7745, STARLIGHT 7542, NO PLACE LIKE HOME 7579, 
MIGHTY MITE 7720, DON LO 7716, PRIME 7660, KHORGA KHAN 7737, MO STANK 7692, and 
CRAFTY 7733.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BUMBLEFINGER (65-7655) SAND DANCERS (233)

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                    STEEL LION (84-29033) SUPE FORCES 1B02  (5140) 
                      OREO (84-44001) 4-LETTER JUNKFOOD  (7639) 
                      HPNO (82-31002) THIRSTY TUGS 0419  (5094) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 17-19, 2020.  It will be 
held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room rates 
are $179.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high 
speed internet.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "DFF."  

       The official block cutoff is December 20 so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/RSIFTF64 
       This is prime season for Phoenix and the hotel tends to fill up quickly.  

The tournament info sheet is out and minioverviews are printing.  We hope you're all 
looking forward to it and that we will see you there!

                             HALLOWEEN TOURNAMENT UPDATE

	It has come to our attention that a warrior, Voodoo Toad 85-14776, was sent to 
the Dark Arena and slain in order to be classed as a Dead Challenger in this past 
Halloween Tournament.  As this warrior is a Zombie, this was against the rules because 
immortal warriors may not challenge the Dark Arena.  (An exception is granted so a 
warrior may challenge the Dark Arena on his very last turn after receiving an 
invitation to Advanced Duelmasters, so he can show his prowess with the Dark Arena 
monsters, but this may not be used as a method of classing in the dead tournament if 
he happens to die in the night fight.) 
	To correct this injustice, we changed the fight result for all warriors who 
lost to Voodoo Toad to a win for that turn.  This gave two warriors, Crazy 54 84-11494 
of Crazy 88 15 and Sarokith 84-30929 of Dub O Dubs, an ending record of 8-3, which 
grants them Tournament Victor status and resurrection. 
	We realize this is not a perfect solution but hope it will make some amends 
for the warriors who lost to this misclassed warrior.

                                          -- RSI