DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/26/2020    Duedate: 03/10/2020

DAL SHANG ARENA

DM-65    TURN-721

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PRIME
THE MENTORS 17081 (778)
(65-7660) [9-4-1,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PRIME                          TAU VIRGINIS
THE MENTORS 17081 (778)        VIRGO (780)
(65-7660) [9-4-1,105]          (65-7723) [2-1-0,19]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DON LO                         MO STANK
SAND DANCERS (233)             THAT SMELL (760)
(65-7716) [18-9-0,75]          (65-7692) [13-6-0,91]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SAND DANCERS (233)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. POSSE (718)                 30
2. PLACES (767)                19      THE MENTORS 17081 (778)
3. THAT SMELL (760)            10      Unchartered Team
4. CAR STARS (783)              9
5. THE MENTORS 17081 (778)      6      VIRGO (780)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*VIRGO (780)                2   1  0 66.7   1/ 1 SAND DANCERS (233)        7  8 1
 2/ 3 THE MENTORS 17081 (778)    9   5  1 64.3   2/ 2 PLACES (767)              4  5 0
 3/ 2 THAT SMELL (760)         142  79  6 64.3   3/ 3 THAT SMELL (760)          3  4 1
 4/ 8*CAR STARS (783)            1   1  0 50.0   4/ 4 POSSE (718)               3  5 0
 5/ 4 SAND DANCERS (233)       %1635 %1730 52 48.6   5/ 6 THE MENTORS 17081 (778)   2  1 0
 6/ 6 POSSE (718)              288 325 20 47.0   6/ 8*CAR STARS (783)           1  1 0
 7- 7*PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)   4   5  0 44.4   7/ 5*VIRGO (780)               1  1 0
 8/ 5 PLACES (767)              11  14  1 44.0   8- 7*PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)  1  1 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 FARGO BORUM win a fight and gain 12 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, 
LARRIS TAN beat TELL CITY and TELL CITY lost 8 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  
Due to absence, and inability to defend the throne, SIOUX has lost the Title of 
Duelmaster.  Start setting that alarm earlier!  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.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  You 
want to know what's new, don't you, DAL SHANG?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  DAL 
SHANG, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  SAND DANCERS the most avoided 
team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And who led the way in this mass act 
of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was PLACES.  Ha ha ha ha!  HARRISON 
FORD was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM 
insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.  I guess I can give a little credit to CANNELTON of 
PLACES for challenging up by 23 to DON LO.  CANNELTON won to get 101 points of 
recognition.   
     Ah, now we come to my favorite part, where we see all the guys who are dead and 
gone, and get to see if their team cared.  We're all going to die in the end, so why 
worry if the fate catches up with you sooner that later?   
     I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for 
an epee.  Forgive me for writing with a dagger.  Just wait 'till next time I show up 
here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  Paste this one in your scrapbooks, you'll need 
the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRIME 7660                    9   4  1   105       THE MENTORS 17081 (778)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SIOUX 7544                    8   4  0   111       POSSE (718)
 CANNELTON 7523                5   0  0   101       PLACES (767)
 MO STANK 7692                13   6  0    91       THAT SMELL (760)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DON LO 7716                  18   9  0    75       SAND DANCERS (233)
 PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714         14  14  0    74       SAND DANCERS (233)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MIGHTY MITE 7720             12  14  1    51       SAND DANCERS (233)
-KHORGA KHAN 7737              4   2  0    51       PAPER TIGERS S19.1 (782)
 LARRIS TAN 7740               9   4  0    49       SAND DANCERS (233)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YOUNG GUN 7535                3   0  0    30       POSSE (718)
 TELL CITY 7524                3   2  0    27       PLACES (767)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FARGO BORUM 7751              3   1  1    19       SAND DANCERS (233)
 TAU VIRGINIS 7723             2   1  0    19       VIRGO (780)
 HARRISON FORD 7755            1   1  0    12       CAR STARS (783)
-RANCH ROAST 7746              1   0  1    11       THAT SMELL (760)
-FENNHAVEN LAKE 7541           0   3  0     3       PLACES (767)
 OLBERDING CAFE 7748           0   2  0     2       PLACES (767)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
FERRET INFERNO 7743     0  1 0 PAPER TIGERS S19 782 RANCH ROAST 7746      720   
FROSTOP 7758            1  1 0 PLACES 767           FARGO BORUM 7751      721   
BASHER 7765             0  1 0 POSSE 718            MASTER JAI ARRAL      721  NONE
WASTE 7764              0  1 0 POSSE 718            BLACK STORM           721  NONE
A 7762                  0  1 0 THAT SMELL 760       BLACK STORM           721  NONE
B 7763                  0  1 0 THAT SMELL 760       STONESHATTER          721  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

2-1? Not bad. I will take it for this motley crew. -- Wanderer, Places

"Olberding Cafe -- But I wanted a Sloppy Joe, and it isn't on your menu. -- Fargo 
Borum"  You are right, Fargo, but I do know a Joe like that. -- Olberding's Cafe

Larris Tan, that was pretty cool. I enjoyed that tussle. -- Cannelton

Harrison Ford, you must be getting a little old. You didn't lose like that in your 
movies. Tsk. Tsk. -- Frostop
P.S. Have a root beer on me.

Tau Virginis, twice?! You have my number, but I want your, er, a, I can't really say 
it. -- Fennhaven Lake

Health. Humility. Honor. And a little wandering. -- Wanderer

We seem to have missed our personals last turn. -- Sand Dancers

Prime -- That was not prime time for me. -- Pearl Josephina

Good.  That dwarf did not need a win. -- Don Lo

Cannelton -- Great skills, thanks! -- Larris Tan

Korga Khan -- Damn. -- Mighty Mite

Young Gun -- Young hotshot. -- Fargo Borum

Cannelton -- There's a lot of size prejudice. -- Mighty  Mite

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

A was butchered by BLACK STORM in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
WASTE was butchered by BLACK STORM in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
BASHER was easily killed by MASTER JAI ARRAL in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
B was slaughtered by STONESHATTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
CANNELTON devastated DON LO in a 1 minute brutal one-sided Challenge fight.
OLBERDING CAFE was devastated by HARRISON FORD in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
PRIME overpowered PEARL JOSEPHINA in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
MO STANK savagely defeated SWEET ANELLA in a 2 minute gruesome melee.
LARRIS TAN vanquished TELL CITY in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MIGHTY MITE was overpowered by ONE-EYED YOFAN in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
YOUNG GUN overpowered TAU VIRGINIS in a 1 minute uneven match.
FARGO BORUM executed FROSTOP in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       5         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -   1 -  1      83  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        21 -   8 -  1      72  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -   6 -  0      63  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     12 -   8 -  0      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   3 -  1      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   6 -  1      40  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         BASHING ATTACK     6 -  15 -  0      29  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        1 -  10 -  0       9  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 721 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       PRIME 7660                  9   4  1  105 THE MENTORS 17081 (778)
PARRY-STRIKE     DON LO 7716                18   9  0   75 SAND DANCERS (233)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    LARRIS TAN 7740             9   4  0   49 SAND DANCERS (233)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DON LO 7716.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
MO STANK 7692.  The ten other most popular fighters were PRIME 7660, CANNELTON 7523, 
LARRIS TAN 7740, YOUNG GUN 7535, FARGO BORUM 7751, HARRISON FORD 7755, MIGHTY MITE 
7720, FROSTOP 7758, A 7762, and WASTE 7764.

The least popular fighter this week was TAU VIRGINIS 7723.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were TELL CITY 7524, PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714, OLBERDING CAFE 7748, DON 
LO 7716, B 7763, BASHER 7765, WASTE 7764, A 7762, FROSTOP 7758, and MIGHTY MITE 7720.

                                NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA

     Algernon, who had NOT gotten the name change he'd asked for, looked at the latest 
petitioner.  This was a typical gladiator, big, muscular, and scarred, with a frown.  
"Ah, what can I do for you?"
     "Name change.  I heard we can do that.  I'm tired of being Jane Doe."
     "I'd think you would be," Algernon said faintly.  "The Commission has actually 
been thinking about this.  It isn't FREE, mind you!  It takes money to run our office, 
you know, and we want to buy some goats--"
     "I don't care about goats!"  He made a crude suggestion about goats.
     "Gladiators, teams, it will cost you two dollars to make a change--"
     "I had a talk with my manager.  He'll find the money.  I want to change my name 
to Jane Ralph.  I'm no doe!"  He thumped a fist on the counter.
     "Er, yes.  Jane Ralph.  Fill out this form, please."  He pushed the paper across 
the counter.  "The changes start on the 15th of April--that's the Ides, you know, and 
can be submitted through the end of May.  With the payment.  No change without the 
goat, ah, the gold."

                                  *   *   *   *   *  

     Warrior and team name changes will be accepted beginning April 15 and continuing 
throughout the month of May.  The cost will be $2 per name change.  All proceeds will 
be used to buy goats via Heifer International and will be matched up to $500.  
If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI