DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/15/2020    Duedate: 07/28/2020

DAL SHANG ARENA

DM-65    TURN-731

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SIOUX
POSSE (718)
(65-7544) [10-4-0,122]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SIOUX                          POSITION IS EMPTY
POSSE (718)                    
(65-7544) [10-4-0,122]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DON LO                         KHORGA KHAN
SAND DANCERS (233)             PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
(65-7716) [23-14-0,90]         (65-7737) [11-5-0,107]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SAND DANCERS (233)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THAT SMELL (760)            34
2. POSSE (718)                 28      PLACES (767)
3. PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)    16      Unchartered Team
4. PLACES (767)                14
5. WISE GUYS (781)             -1      HITLIST 37 (640)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 PLACES (767)              34  18  2 65.4   1/ 2 SAND DANCERS (233)        6  9 0
 2/ 3 THAT SMELL (760)         148  90  7 62.2   2/ 1 PLACES (767)              5  2 0
 3/ 1 WISE GUYS (781)            8   5  0 61.5   3/ 4 THAT SMELL (760)          3  2 1
 4/ 4 SAND DANCERS (233)       %1656 %1759 52 48.5   4/ 3 WISE GUYS (781)           2  1 0
 5/ 0 POSSE (718)              291 332 20 46.7   5/ 0 POSSE (718)               2  2 0
 6/ 5 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)  11  24  0 31.4   6/ 5 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)  2  9 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.  Later days, PLACES, since SAND DANCERS 
took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news.  Of course, we're all 
terribly impressed to see RANCH ROAST win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly.  Tsk, 
tsk, YOUNG GUN beat FARGO BORUM and FARGO BORUM lost 12 points.  You're breakin' my 
heart.  And if variety is the spice of life, DAL SHANG may be getting bland, as 
CANNELTON stays top dog in the city.  The Blazing Unicorn, humph!  I've tasted better 
ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this stuff?  From DAL SHANG's trash dumps?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
PLACES, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team.  
Care to know who is the most afraid of you?  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.  Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines 
through use.  Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     What does the DAL SHANG arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Just wait 'till next time I show 
up here, I won't be so nice!  So nyaaah!  I see the crowds are getting restless, I 
must leave now-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIOUX 7544                   10   4  0   122       POSSE (718)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KHORGA KHAN 7737             11   5  0   107       PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DON LO 7716                  23  14  0    90       SAND DANCERS (233)
 LARRIS TAN 7740              17   6  0    87       SAND DANCERS (233)
 PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714         16  22  0    78       SAND DANCERS (233)
 CRAFTY 7733                   8   4  0    72       WISE GUYS (781)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MIGHTY MITE 7720             13  23  1    63       SAND DANCERS (233)
-FENNHAVEN LAKE 7541           5   3  0    63       PLACES (767)
-TELL CITY 7524                5   4  0    58       PLACES (767)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RANCH ROAST 7746              4   2  1    55       THAT SMELL (760)
 YOUNG GUN 7535                4   2  0    50       POSSE (718)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-OLBERDING CAFE 7748           4   3  0    33       PLACES (767)
 FARGO BORUM 7751              8   6  1    31       SAND DANCERS (233)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCHMUCK'S GROCERY 7767        2   1  1    20       PLACES (767)
-FEBREZE 7770                  1   0  0    16       THAT SMELL (760)
 BBQ 7782                      1   0  1    14       THAT SMELL (760)
-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?
HERROL TWO-FINGE        0  0 0                      BBQ 7782              731  NONE
15813117921 KID 7804    0  1 0 PAPER TIGERS W19 782 QUEEN OF STEEL        731  NONE
DIXIE 7803              0  1 0 PAPER TIGERS W19 782 QUEEN OF STEEL        731  NONE
PIKER 7801              0  1 0 POSSE 718            STONESHATTER          731  NONE
SLASHER 7802            0  1 0 POSSE 718            SERPENT SLAYER        731  NONE
A 7800                  0  1 0 THAT SMELL 760       STONESHATTER          731  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Cannelton -- Congrats on the invite!  And for your illustrious career.  You have 
certainly done Dal Shang proud. -- Khorga 

KhanDon Lo -- It appears that it is down to you, and it is down to me.  Shall I 
propose, Small Shields at dawn? -- KK

Pearl Josephina -- I am impressed that you made it out of minute 1.  You're a tough 
one! -- KK

Cannelton -- We all congratulate you most heartily. -- Don Lo
P.S.  Good joke.

Khorga Khan -- Skills are good.  Thanks. -- Pearl Josephina

A word to the wise:  be wary of any guy who lets himself be called Sweet Anella. -- 
Larris Tan

I can't say I like orcs, but Mim lost nicely.  No skills, though. -- Mighty Mite

Crafty -- Too bad you don't teach.  I'm sure you have lots of good skills.  I need 
'em. -- Fargo Borum

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

A was butchered by STONESHATTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DIXIE was butchered by QUEEN OF STEEL in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
15813117921 KID was murdered by QUEEN OF STEEL in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
SLASHER was murdered by SERPENT SLAYER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PIKER was slaughtered by STONESHATTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
CANNELTON devastated DON LO in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
KHORGA KHAN demolished PEARL JOSEPHINA in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SIOUX overpowered CRAFTY in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
LARRIS TAN slimly won victory over LENDO TEN CHARDIN in a 7 minute competition.
MIGHTY MITE was savagely defeated by RANCH ROAST in a 1 minute uneven melee.
FARGO BORUM was vanquished by YOUNG GUN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BBQ slaughtered HERROL TWO-FINGER 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                       3         STRIKING ATTACK   13 -   3 -  1      81  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         AIMED BLOW        19 -   8 -  0      70  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -  14 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  12 -  0      45  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  11 -  1      21  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK     1 -  10 -  0       9  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 731 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-STRIKE       1 -  2         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  PARRY-STRIKE   
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         2  AIMED BLOW     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  2         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  SIOUX 7544                 10   4  0  122 POSSE (718)
PARRY-STRIKE     KHORGA KHAN 7737           11   5  0  107 PAPER TIGERS W19.1 (782)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    LARRIS TAN 7740            17   6  0   87 SAND DANCERS (233)
TOTAL PARRY      CRAFTY 7733                 8   4  0   72 WISE GUYS (781)
AIMED BLOW       RANCH ROAST 7746            4   2  1   55 THAT SMELL (760)
LUNGING ATTACK   YOUNG GUN 7535              4   2  0   50 POSSE (718)
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 
KHORGA KHAN 7737.  The ten other most popular fighters were LARRIS TAN 7740, RANCH 
ROAST 7746, SIOUX 7544, PEARL JOSEPHINA 7714, YOUNG GUN 7535, BBQ 7782, MIGHTY MITE 
7720, A 7800, DIXIE 7803, and 15813117921 KID 7804.

The least popular fighter this week was FARGO BORUM 7751.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CRAFTY 7733, DON LO 7716, PIKER 7801, SLASHER 7802, 15813117921 
KID 7804, DIXIE 7803, A 7800, MIGHTY MITE 7720, BBQ 7782, and YOUNG GUN 7535.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

CANNELTON (65-7523) PLACES (767)

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