DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/23/2020    Duedate: 08/05/2020

JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA

DM-75    TURN-687

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BETA SAGITTAE
SAGITTA (337)
(75-3831) [14-7-0,128]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BETA SAGITTAE                  JILES
SAGITTA (337)                  ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)
(75-3831) [14-7-0,128]         (75-3913) [5-0-0,44]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HAI CHI                        EDDIE GORDO
SAND DANCERS (67)              APOKOLIPS (321)
(75-3842) [21-23-0,109]        (75-3733) [12-15-1,91]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)        46
2. SAGITTA (337)                9      ROCK CLUB (339)
3. APOKOLIPS (321)              8      Unchartered Team
4. SAND DANCERS (67)            7
5. PHILANTHROPISTS (313)        0      ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*PHILANTHROPISTS (313)      1   0  0  100   1/ 1*ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)     10  5 0
 2/ 2 ROCK CLUB (339)           18   5  0 78.3   2/ 2 SAND DANCERS (67)         5 10 0
 3/ 4*ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)      17   8  2 68.0   3/ 3 SAGITTA (337)             3  0 0
 4/ 5 SAGITTA (337)             41  28  0 59.4   4/ 4 APOKOLIPS (321)           3  3 0
 5/ 6 APOKOLIPS (321)          105 136  7 43.6   5- 7*PHILANTHROPISTS (313)     1  0 0
 6/ 7 SAND DANCERS (67)        %1405 %1913 42 42.3   6/ 5 ROCK CLUB (339)           1  2 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 JADE MOUNTAIN a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets 
poor.  So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  And let's see, JILES fought 
STONEFACE MIKARN and gained 19 points and contributed to ZOMBIE SQUAD 6's 4-1-0.  
YOAKUM BEDE has lost to KO-HA OAKCHOPPER, falling 8 points, while helping make SAND 
DANCERS a 2-3-0 turn.  Defending his title for another turn, BETA SAGITTAE kept 
APOKOLIPS' warrior, LADY SMOKE, from claiming the throne.  Tell me, is nothing 
sacred?  I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Green Axe uses trolls in 
their stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     He who challenges well, fights well.  He who avoids without cause, shall lose 
for good reasons.  My mama told me that one.   
     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.  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.  Well, I'm burning daylight here in JADE MOUNTAIN and I've a long 
road ahead of me.  Happy Trails.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- 
Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BETA SAGITTAE 3831           14   7  0   128       SAGITTA (337)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRUNGE GRRRL 3851            16   3  0   114       ROCK CLUB (339)
 HAI CHI 3842                 21  23  0   109       SAND DANCERS (67)
-GAMMA SAGITTAE 3832          11   3  0   104       SAGITTA (337)
-ALPHA SAGITTAE 3830          11   3  0   102       SAGITTA (337)
 LADY SMOKE 3633              18  40  2    96       APOKOLIPS (321)
 EDDIE GORDO 3733             12  15  1    91       APOKOLIPS (321)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JO MING 3841                 16  35  0    83       SAND DANCERS (67)
 YOAKUM BEDE 3858             12  15  1    83       SAND DANCERS (67)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STONECUTTER 3879              9   6  0    46       SAND DANCERS (67)
 JILES 3913                    5   0  0    44       ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WILLOW 3915                   3   2  1    31       ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)
 ZANDER 3914                   4   1  1    30       ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DZOBEX 3527                   1   0  0    21       PHILANTHROPISTS (313)
 BUFFY 3916                    4   1  0    20       ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)
 FAITH 3932                    1   0  0    14       ZOMBIE SQUAD 6 (347)
-CHERRY BABE 3853              1   0  0    13       ROCK CLUB (339)
 LIL FUNKY QT 3852             1   2  0     5       ROCK CLUB (339)
 HOUND OF THE HILLS 3928       0   3  0     3       SAND DANCERS (67)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 3907                0  2 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 1 346 ZANDER 3914           684   
SERGEANT 1 3906         0  1 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 1 346 FLOWER POWER 3902     683  NONE
SSG 3 3903              1  1 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 1 346 WILLOW 3915           684   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Beta Sagittae -- Thanks for the skill, and for sparing me the ordeal of finding 
something to say from the top. -- Yoakum Bede

Lady Smoke -- Hard luck, and thanks for the skills. -- Hai Chi, a cold-hearted golem

Eddie Gordo -- Of course I wouldn't beg for mercy.  What would be the point of that? 
-- Jo Ming

Zander -- I don't much care for golems.  It's bias, but sue me, I'm human, I do bias. 
-- Stonecutter

Buffy -- Another golem!  Bad news if the town is being flooded with them. -- Hound of 
the Hills

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BETA SAGITTAE devastated LADY SMOKE in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
HAI CHI vanquished CAPTAIN MONDINOR in a 2 minute brutal uneven battle.
YOAKUM BEDE was defeated by KO-HA OAKCHOPPER in a 1 minute master's duel.
EDDIE GORDO savagely defeated JO MING in a crowd pleasing 6 minute veteran's fight.
STONECUTTER viciously subdued WILLOW in a 3 minute master vs. novice fight.
JILES overpowered STONEFACE MIKARN in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
ZANDER vanquished SIR RIKARN T'LUCAN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LIL FUNKY QT was vanquished by FAITH in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
HOUND OF THE HILLS was overpowered by BUFFY in a 1 minute uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       5         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   0 -  1     100  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK     7 -   2 -  1      78  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         AIMED BLOW        30 -  19 -  2      61  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL     12 -   9 -  0      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY       13 -  15 -  0      46  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -  15 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   9 -  0      25  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   5 -  0      17  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 687 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    BETA SAGITTAE 3831         14   7  0  128 SAGITTA (337)
WALL OF STEEL    STONECUTTER 3879            9   6  0   46 SAND DANCERS (67)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HAI CHI 3842.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was EDDIE GORDO 3733.  The ten other most popular fighters were STONECUTTER 3879, HAI 
CHI 3842, JO MING 3841, JILES 3913, BUFFY 3916, BETA SAGITTAE 3831, YOAKUM BEDE 3858, 
WILLOW 3915, ZANDER 3914, and FAITH 3932.

The least popular fighter this week was HOUND OF THE HILLS 3928.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were LIL FUNKY QT 3852, LADY SMOKE 3633, FAITH 3932, ZANDER 3914, 
WILLOW 3915, YOAKUM BEDE 3858, BETA SAGITTAE 3831, BUFFY 3916, JILES 3913, and JO 
MING 3841.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BETA SAGITTAE (75-3831) SAGITTA (337)
GRUNGE GRRRL (75-3851) ROCK CLUB (339)

                          Name Change-o-Rama -- Final Update

      The Commission's administrative office on the Isle was in a big square building 
that looked like any other administrative office building in any national capital.  
Standard, boring.  Except for the goats.  Half a dozen goats were wandering free, 
eating the landscaping, and as many clerks were chasing them.  A clerk saw them 
coming, he looked like a Trustworthy Scribe, and he rushed over to the approaching 
gladiators.  "Do you know anything about goats?"  He gestured helplessly at the hungry 
goats.  "They're here because of the Name-Change-o-Rama. We donate them to help change 
the world, you know."
      The gladiators nodded.  They'd heard about it, but hadn't thought it would be so 
funny to see.  "How did you deal with them last time?"
      The clerk made a disgusted gesture.  "People came and took them away.  But the 
people didn't come this time.  They sent a message about being quarantined!  Aren't we 
all?  And WE get to work!  Goats are not in our job description."
      One of the gladiators snorted laughter.  "We'll help," he said. "Where do you 
want them?"

                                       * * * * 

      Embric, relieved that he had not been appointed goat-herder this afternoon, 
carefully dipped his pen in ink and began to write.  "It is our pleasure and honor 
to note that one hundred and twenty-seven gladiators and teams have elected to change 
their names, supporting the contribution of goats to deserving people.  With the 
Commission's matching funds, this has purchased six goats--a good goat can't be 
purchased for a copper, you know.  The goats are already en route to their new homes, 
where they will be--"  He paused and thought about it.  "--very welcome.  We wish all 
the best to the goats and the new goat-owners."