DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/17/2020    Duedate: 06/30/2020

DAL SHANG ARENA

DM-65    TURN-729

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CANNELTON
PLACES (767)
(65-7523) [13-0-0,177]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CANNELTON                      POSITION IS EMPTY
PLACES (767)                   
(65-7523) [13-0-0,177]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DON LO                         DON LO
SAND DANCERS (233)             SAND DANCERS (233)
(65-7716) [23-12-0,108]        (65-7716) [23-12-0,108]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PLACES (767)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAND DANCERS (233)          37
2. PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)    11      WISE GUYS (781)
3. THAT SMELL (760)             9      Unchartered Team
4. WISE GUYS (781)              5
5. PLACES (767)                 0      SUPERIOR OUTLAWS (647)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CAR STARS (783)            4   2  0 66.7   1/ 1 PLACES (767)              6  3 1
 2/ 4 WISE GUYS (781)            7   4  0 63.6   2/ 2 SAND DANCERS (233)        6  9 0
 3/ 2 PLACES (767)              30  18  2 62.5   3/ 3 WISE GUYS (781)           3  0 0
 4/ 3 THAT SMELL (760)         146  88  6 62.4   4/ 5 THAT SMELL (760)          2  1 0
 5/ 5 SAND DANCERS (233)       %1653 %1752 52 48.5   5- 4*CAR STARS (783)           1  1 0
 6/ 6 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)   9  19  0 32.1   6/ 6 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)  1 10 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.

     Hi, y'all. Make that seven Titles. Duelmaster. I would like to stay here forever, 
but I think The Commission will have other ideas. After all, I have nearly 40FE; I am 
11-0 here; Appx 31-13 in tourneys; I have a dead TC (and immortality) under my belt; 
and I have an awfully lot of skills in my repertoire. Who knows? 
     I do plan to fight as a Challenger in the Summer Mailer, but there are so many 
studded up robots there, that a 3-3 or 4-3 is probably all I can expect. But I shall 
try! Even if one prize-added godling kills me, I will be back. Lady Sandy has my 
number, and she will just puff me back into fighting warrior fitness. 
     So, wish me luck. As I shall wish any of you who decides to fight in The Mailer. 
May fortune ever be your companion.

                                          -- Cannelton, DMVII, TCI

                                      SPY REPORT

     I was going on vacation, see?  Surf, sun...  But what do those bums say?  "Hit 
the road, Debby Tonte.  DAL SHANG needs a spyreport."  Oh, well.  MVP award for FARGO 
BORUM?  SAND DANCERS' proud of him after beating DENGAN THE TRADER and getting 21 
points.  Talk about yer major upsets!  SCHMUCK'S GROCERY's match with RANCH ROAST 
cost it a loss of 7 points!  Don't you think the Duelmaster is being unfair?  I think 
CANNELTON should let PEARL JOSEPHINA be Duelmaster for a while, without fighting 
about it.  I hear the top team insists all their warriors get nine hours sleep.  They 
want photogenic fighters for PR photos.   
     Look, you guys stick to fighting, all right?  The warriors of SAND DANCERS must 
be getting lonely.  They were the most avoided team.  Do you guys know something that 
I don't?  I don't know what PLACES' been doing.  They certainly haven't been 
accepting many fights from SAND DANCERS, that's fer sher.  Like, is CRAFTY popular, 
or what?  He was challenged the most in all of DAL SHANG!  He's got a 7-3-0, is that 
good?  KHORGA KHAN must not be a good enough fighter to get in fair fights.  He 
challenged DON LO.  12 is a big difference.  (Well, that's what they tell me.) I 
thought KHORGA KHAN showed great skill and promise when he was subdued by DON LO.  
All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     What does a fighter fight for?  I mean, the crowds don't give a hoot if someone 
gets killed.  Not after four more fights.  What if they had a fight and nobody showed 
up?  I'd be out of a job, that's what!!!   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I gotta leave.  DAL SHANG is like such a dump, and you guys 
smell too much!  Remember you guys, ease up sometimes!  Chill out!  Later, Debby 
Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CANNELTON 7523               13   0  0   177       PLACES (767)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DON LO 7716                  23  12  0   108       SAND DANCERS (233)
 KHORGA KHAN 7737              9   5  0    97       PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714         16  20  0    80       SAND DANCERS (233)
 LARRIS TAN 7740              15   6  0    74       SAND DANCERS (233)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRAFTY 7733                   7   3  0    66       WISE GUYS (781)
-HARRISON FORD 7755            4   1  0    60       CAR STARS (783)
 MIGHTY MITE 7720             12  22  1    59       SAND DANCERS (233)
 TELL CITY 7524                5   4  0    58       PLACES (767)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FENNHAVEN LAKE 7541           4   3  0    54       PLACES (767)
 FARGO BORUM 7751              8   4  1    47       SAND DANCERS (233)
 RANCH ROAST 7746              3   1  1    42       THAT SMELL (760)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-OLBERDING CAFE 7748           3   3  0    23       PLACES (767)
 SCHMUCK'S GROCERY 7767        2   1  1    20       PLACES (767)
-FEBREZE 7770                  1   0  0    16       THAT SMELL (760)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-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?
ANGEL SOFT B 7794       0  1 0 PAPER TIGERS W19 782 QUEEN OF STEEL        729  NONE
CHARMIN B 7795          0  1 0 PAPER TIGERS W19 782 BLACK STORM           729  NONE
STORMBRINGER 7793       0  1 0 PAPER TIGERS W19 782 SMALL BELRAN          729  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Oops, one dead Oltimal The Lame. Sorry about that. I thought he was breaking and 
entering my store. (wink) -- Schmuck's Grocery

Larris Tan, it was a good fight. You are a fine warrior. -- Cannelton

There must be something in the water here. -- Wanderer, Mgr. Places

Khorga Khan -- Why do I seem to remember your name from one of Howard's "oriental 
adventures"? -- Pearl Josephina

Crafty -- This elmer's glue you spread everywhere is hard to get off my armor, and 
Jorja insists I do it all myself. -- Mighty Mite

Cannelton -- Long historical note in your column.  It got Jorja fairly nostalgic, 
which might have been good, hard to tell.  Not good enough, though. -- Larris Tan

Tell City -- Our first win today.  Thanks for letting it be me.  Gives me an edge 
around the guildhouse. -- Don Lo

Ranch Roast -- Barbecued coffee? -- Fargo Borum

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

STORMBRINGER was butchered by SMALL BELRAN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ANGEL SOFT B was butchered by QUEEN OF STEEL in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
CHARMIN B was viciously butchered by BLACK STORM in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena match.
KHORGA KHAN slimly lost to DON LO in a popular 5 minute gory master's Challenge brawl.
CRAFTY subdued MIGHTY MITE in a 2 minute bloody Challenge competition.
SCHMUCK'S GROCERY was vanquished by RANCH ROAST in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
CANNELTON overpowered PEARL JOSEPHINA in a popular 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
LARRIS TAN overcame TELL CITY in a 1 minute melee.
FARGO BORUM vanquished DENGAN THE TRADER in a popular 1 minute uneven 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        23 -  10 -  1      70  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -   6 -  1      67  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -  11 -  0      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL      6 -   8 -  1      43  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  13 -  0      41  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   7 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  10 -  0      29  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         BASHING ATTACK     0 -  15 -  0       0  |

Turn 729 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       CANNELTON 7523             13   0  0  177 PLACES (767)
PARRY-STRIKE     DON LO 7716                23  12  0  108 SAND DANCERS (233)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    LARRIS TAN 7740            15   6  0   74 SAND DANCERS (233)
TOTAL PARRY      CRAFTY 7733                 7   3  0   66 WISE GUYS (781)
WALL OF STEEL    FARGO BORUM 7751            8   4  1   47 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 
DON LO 7716.  The ten other most popular fighters were KHORGA KHAN 7737, CRAFTY 7733, 
MIGHTY MITE 7720, CANNELTON 7523, FARGO BORUM 7751, RANCH ROAST 7746, PEARL JOSEPHINA 
7714, STORMBRINGER 7793, CHARMIN B 7795, and LARRIS TAN 7740.

The least popular fighter this week was TELL CITY 7524.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SCHMUCK'S GROCERY 7767, ANGEL SOFT B 7794, LARRIS TAN 7740, CHARMIN B 
7795, STORMBRINGER 7793, PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714, RANCH ROAST 7746, FARGO BORUM 7751, 
CANNELTON 7523, and MIGHTY MITE 7720.

               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. 

                      WICKED WASP (35-4784) SATAN'S SWARM  (418) 
                    TYRANNICAL TICK (35-4786) SATAN'S SWARM  (418) 
                       EMPTY (72-7269) BASH BROS WALLET  (873) 
                    NOBODY HOME (82-53135) ROOKIE PINK 59  (8963) 
                   CAN'T BEAT TUM (84-40978) THE GREAT TMM  (7146) 
                        LINT (84-49584) 4-LETTER DIRT  (8504) 
               JANUARY O. IRONTAIL (84-25625) EVIL EASTER BUNNY  (4553) 
                  SHOULD BE FUN (85-29872) FRANKENSTEIN HUNT  (5482) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes