DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 03/03/2022 Duedate: 03/16/2022
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-729
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
GREAT WHITE SHARK
VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
(75-4001) [14-6-0,129]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
GREAT WHITE SHARK FLOWER POWER
VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
(75-4001) [14-6-0,129] (75-3902) [5-1-1,63]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
OUT OUT HUNTER
DEFROSTED (349) SAND DANCERS (67)
(75-3937) [20-7-0,84] (75-3963) [14-15-0,97]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SPACE ROCKS (328) 51
2. LADY WARRIORS (353) 20 LADY WARRIORS (353)
3. VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 16 Unchartered Team
4. SAND DANCERS (67) 9
5. TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) -2 SPACE ROCKS (328)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 LADY WARRIORS (353) 47 16 5 74.6 1/ 2 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 7 8 0
2/ 1 DEFROSTED (349) 36 14 0 72.0 2/ 3 SAND DANCERS (67) 6 9 0
3/ 3 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 54 46 1 54.0 3/ 4*TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 5 4 0
4/ 0*SPACE ROCKS (328) 8 7 0 53.3 4/ 1 LADY WARRIORS (353) 5 5 0
5/ 4 SAND DANCERS (67) %1496 %2025 43 42.5 5/ 0*SPACE ROCKS (328) 3 2 0
6/ 5*ZOMBIE SQUAD 11272 (351) 8 13 0 38.1 6/ 5 DEFROSTED (349) 1 1 0
7/ 6*TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 7 13 1 35.0 7/ 6*ZOMBIE SQUAD 11272 (351) 1 3 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.
Boudica did not see that one coming! How many times did she beat me before? Every
Time! I snuck in a Win on her Down Challenge! Reminds me of that Kaltos Kaos contest
where Consortium ordered a Down Challenge in the Basher category and also lost for the
first time! I am Enjoying the View from the Top!
-- Great White Shark
SPY REPORT
Well, what are you looking at, JADE MOUNTAIN? Ain't you never seen Snide
Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Later days, LADY WARRIORS, since
VICIOUS FISH 2021 took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Of
course, we're all terribly impressed to see FREHLEY'S COMET win a fight and gain 20
points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, HO CHANG beat THE ALLIGATOR GAR and THE ALLIGATOR GAR
lost 13 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if variety is the spice of life, JADE
MOUNTAIN may be getting bland, as GREAT WHITE SHARK stays top dog in the city. 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, JADE MOUNTAIN?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
VICIOUS FISH 2021, 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 LADY WARRIORS
avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.
Hmph. Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, HUNTER was this turn's most challenged
warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans.
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for JADE
MOUNTAIN's morgue. More variety. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?
There's got to be a better place in JADE MOUNTAIN to get a drink than The Green
Axe! Any suggestions? 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
GREAT WHITE SHARK 4001 14 6 0 129 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOUDICCA 3975 17 1 1 103 LADY WARRIORS (353)
HUNTER 3963 14 15 0 97 SAND DANCERS (67)
PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 13 7 1 94 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HO CHANG 3942 18 18 0 85 SAND DANCERS (67)
OUT OUT 3937 20 7 0 84 DEFROSTED (349)
-ZENOBIA 3973 8 5 0 75 LADY WARRIORS (353)
THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 11 9 0 72 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
COLESTAH 3997 7 1 3 69 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FLOWER POWER 3902 5 1 1 63 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962 13 16 0 55 SAND DANCERS (67)
-PHANTASM 3959 4 0 0 51 ZOMBIE SQUAD 112720 (351)
BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999 8 12 0 45 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
ZIGGY STARDUST 3681 3 0 0 43 SPACE ROCKS (328)
-JOAN D'ARC 3986 4 0 0 41 LADY WARRIORS (353)
PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998 8 12 0 36 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FREHLEY'S COMET 3738 2 0 0 33 SPACE ROCKS (328)
FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987 7 8 0 29 SAND DANCERS (67)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEATH BY PROXY 3945 2 1 0 22 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
CALAMITY JANE 3996 3 3 0 20 LADY WARRIORS (353)
FREDDIE MERCURY 3679 2 1 0 17 SPACE ROCKS (328)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOMBATTA 4006 1 1 0 10 ZOMBIE SQUAD 112720 (351)
-PUTRID 3960 0 1 0 7 ZOMBIE SQUAD 112720 (351)
SNOWDRIFT 4012 1 2 0 5 SAND DANCERS (67)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BLACK FRIDAY 3948 11 19 0 SAND DANCERS 67 PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 726
BLACK HOLE SUN 3744 0 1 0 SPACE ROCKS 328 STORMFALL 729 NONE
STARLIGHT 3737 1 1 0 SPACE ROCKS 328 DAR-KOL BLACKBRO 729 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Well done with the Shark and the Piranha, Mr. Hammer! -- Ms. Fu
Out Out, outta here! -- Colestah
Ladies, Ladies, control thyself. And hit hard. -- Ms. Fu
Colestah -- Now THAT was a fight. Winner Winner! -- Out Out
Captain Mondinor lost like a gentleman and taught me two skills. -- Hunter
The Alligator Gar -- You ARE vicious, and way too personal. -- Ho Chang
Puffer Fish Peril -- That went better than I expected. Your style annoys me, but I
overcame it. Thanks for the skills. -- Lotus Blossom
Flower Power -- That tea had a metallic undertaste. Let's not do it again. -- Falling
Mountain
Bombatta -- A shewish zombie. Disgusting. There's too much of your dead flesh
around. -- Snowdrift, trying to clean things up
Ms Fu -- Not Much to Say! Great White Shark has Said It All in his DM Column! --
Hammer
P.S. Due Date Snuck Up On Me!
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
STARLIGHT was butchered by DAR-KOL BLACKBROWS in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BLACK HOLE SUN was slaughtered by STORMFALL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
BOUDICCA luckily beat HUNTER in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
FLOWER POWER viciously subdued LOTUS BLOSSOM in a 2 minute gory Challenge contest.
CALAMITY JANE luckily beat BOMBATTA in a 2 minute bloody Challenge match.
GREAT WHITE SHARK devastated OUT OUT in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
PERILOUS PIRANHA bested TO-FU BACKSTABBER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody match.
HO CHANG defeated THE ALLIGATOR GAR in a 2 minute melee.
COLESTAH vanquished PUFFER FISH PERIL in a 2 minute gruesome uneven duel.
DEATH BY PROXY was overpowered by ZIGGY STARDUST in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
FALLING MOUNTAIN was overpowered by FREHLEY'S COMET in a 1 minute uneven match.
BRUTAL BARRACUDA overpowered WAN-FA THE DANCER in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
FREDDIE MERCURY demolished SNOWDRIFT in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 SLASHING ATTACK 28 - 13 - 4 68 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 7 - 0 63 |
|AIMED BLOW 4 TOTAL PARRY 14 - 13 - 0 52 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 12 - 13 - 0 48 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 8 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 18 - 0 33 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 4 3 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK GREAT WHITE SHARK 4001 14 6 0 129 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
TOTAL PARRY BOUDICCA 3975 17 1 1 103 LADY WARRIORS (353)
SLASHING ATTACK PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 13 7 1 94 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
AIMED BLOW OUT OUT 3937 20 7 0 84 DEFROSTED (349)
STRIKING ATTACK ZIGGY STARDUST 3681 3 0 0 43 SPACE ROCKS (328)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is OUT OUT 3937. The most popular warrior this turn
was HUNTER 3963. The ten other most popular fighters were FLOWER POWER 3902,
PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002, BOMBATTA 4006, HO CHANG 3942, COLESTAH 3997, ZIGGY STARDUST
3681, FREHLEY'S COMET 3738, FREDDIE MERCURY 3679, CALAMITY JANE 3996, and GREAT WHITE
SHARK 4001.
The least popular fighter this week was SNOWDRIFT 4012. The other ten least popular
fighters were FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987, PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998, OUT OUT 3937, STARLIGHT
3737, DEATH BY PROXY 3945, THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000, LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962, BOUDICCA 3975,
BLACK HOLE SUN 3744, and BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
GREAT WHITE SHARK (75-4001) VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
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.
"Or maybe chickens. Or bees--" Algernon took a quick step back at the look on the
rough warrior's face. "Yes, a name change. Right away, sir. We can do that.
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
WINTER BLOODGAMES 2022
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena
beginning in late April. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the summer Face-
to-Face.
For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the
last warrior standing alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. At the end of
the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY yet live, only
one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere survival counts
for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not to die for your
cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have greatly enjoyed
the Duelmasters Bloodgames. Here are the particulars:
Slow Bloodgames (DM 95): Turn 1 is due Weds April 27
Turns process every 28 days
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are DYOs (design your owns) with 84
points, 3-21, as usual.) To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them
in. We'll mail or email your overviews and you can write up your strategies.
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In this turn-based bloodgames, there are no regular
challenges, only bloodfeuds. There will be no DA challenges in either arena.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 95 is due April 27 and will process on a 28-day
schedule.
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th
through 6th place, will be awarded to those living warriors with the greatest number
of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important consideration: Each of these
six warriors must be of a different fighting style. Win/loss records and, if
necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine awards if there is a tie.
A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!