DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 07/21/2022 Duedate: 08/03/2022
JADE MOUNTAIN ARENA
DM-75 TURN-739
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BOUDICCA
LADY WARRIORS (353)
(75-3975) [24-3-1,121]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
BOUDICCA POVERTY OF SPEECH
LADY WARRIORS (353) THE LAST WITTLE (362)
(75-3975) [24-3-1,121] (75-4039) [2-1-0,29]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
HO CHANG POVERTY OF SPEECH
SAND DANCERS (67) THE LAST WITTLE (362)
(75-3942) [22-24-0,99] (75-4039) [2-1-0,29]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
LADY WARRIORS (353)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 40
2. PI KAPPA PI'S (176) 12 LADY WARRIORS (353)
3. THE LAST WITTLE (362) 9 Unchartered Team
4. LADY WARRIORS (353) 7
5. Y-BUBBA (341) 0 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*Y-BUBBA (341) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 LADY WARRIORS (353) 8 0 0
2/ 2*THE LAST WITTLE (362) 4 1 0 80.0 2/ 3 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 8 7 0
3/ 3 LADY WARRIORS (353) 69 25 6 73.4 3/ 2 SAND DANCERS (67) 6 9 0
4/ 5 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357) 76 73 1 51.0 4/ 5 PI KAPPA PI'S (176) 4 11 0
5- 7 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 11 14 1 44.0 5/ 4*THE LAST WITTLE (362) 3 0 0
6/ 6 PI KAPPA PI'S (176) 39 51 1 43.3 6- 7 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345) 2 0 0
7/ 8 SAND DANCERS (67) %1522 %2049 43 42.6 7- 8*Y-BUBBA (341) 1 0 0
8- 9*ALL ABOUT CALI II (355) 2 3 0 40.0 8- 9*ALL ABOUT CALI II (355) 0 1 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.
One would think that by my 14th Column, I would run out of things to say. And I have.
But I will give you a quick summary on the 5 current Lady Warriors for your reading
pleasure:
14 Duelmaster Titles
One of 7-3-1 in Tournaments
Arena Record 59-19-5; .757 W/L
born:
10,10,12,14,15
5, 10, 10, 19, 20
8,8,9,10,10
4,10,14,17,21
9,18,19,21,21
9,9,9,10,15
6,7,10,10,10
a willfull average of 12-13-9-13-16-10-9
The rest is history, so come on down!
-- Boudicca, DMXIV
SPY REPORT
Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day,
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again! Practice pays for BRUTAL BARRACUDA, who
pummelled SNOWDRIFT, to pocket 17 points. SNOWDRIFT certainly had a baffled
expression on his face, after losing to BRUTAL BARRACUDA and losing 16 points in the
process! Duelmaster BOUDICCA from LADY WARRIORS is going for the gold, as she
challenged SAND DANCERS' HO CHANG. Ooh, the excitement! Those who hoped for a new
Duelmaster were disappointed by HO CHANG, of SAND DANCERS, who despite a 22-24-0
couldn't overcome JADE MOUNTAIN's Number 1. So who's the team that's been walking
into taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me.
A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the
little birds cry out?' Any ideas? Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of VICIOUS FISH 2021, alone and unchallenged.
The warriors of VICIOUS FISH 2021 found their efforts at combat frustrated as LADY
WARRIORS apparently had more important things to do than fight. Everyone is famous
for fifteen minutes, and KITTEN is it right now. Most challenged warrior. Isn't PI
KAPPA PI'S proud! Do my ears deceive me? GUIDO (outclassed by 26 points) challenged
PERILOUS PIRANHA, in what promises to be a fight.(!) PERILOUS PIRANHA had a quite go
of it, putting GUIDO in his place.
Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.
Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen
into an unconscious stupor.
Do not think spyreporting in JADE MOUNTAIN is the highlight of my life. As the
seasons change, and the creatures of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to
leave this place. Do not despair! I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOUDICCA 3975 24 3 1 121 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-COLESTAH 3997 12 3 3 123 LADY WARRIORS (353)
-ZENOBIA 3973 12 8 0 111 LADY WARRIORS (353)
HO CHANG 3942 22 24 0 99 SAND DANCERS (67)
THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 16 14 0 97 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 20 10 1 91 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FLOWER POWER 3902 9 2 1 87 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962 16 23 0 72 SAND DANCERS (67)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999 11 19 0 66 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
GUIDO 1820 10 12 0 62 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987 13 12 0 58 SAND DANCERS (67)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998 12 18 0 54 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
-JOAN D'ARC 3986 5 0 0 54 LADY WARRIORS (353)
CALAMITY JANE 3996 8 5 1 46 LADY WARRIORS (353)
SNOWDRIFT 4012 8 5 0 45 SAND DANCERS (67)
NUNZIO 1818 7 16 0 43 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
KITTEN 1990 8 5 0 39 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
POVERTY OF SPEECH 4039 2 1 0 29 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
-YTERBIUM 3874 2 0 0 28 Y-BUBBA (341)
ANOTHER ONE 4030 4 3 0 27 SAND DANCERS (67)
DEATHLY PIRARUCU 4023 3 5 0 26 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-DEATH BY PROXY 3945 2 1 0 22 TEA@TEMPE20.3 (345)
FAST EDDIE 1819 2 8 0 22 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
MURPHY LOVE 2085 2 1 0 19 PI KAPPA PI'S (176)
-L.A. 3981 1 2 0 17 ALL ABOUT CALI II (355)
-INSPIRE & EXPIRE 4040 2 0 0 16 THE LAST WITTLE (362)
-SAC TOWN 3983 1 1 0 4 ALL ABOUT CALI II (355)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
Pi Kappa Pi's, welcome back to the world of D2. (Well, it was DM back then!) -- Ms. Fu
and the Lady Warriors
Kitten, I just love our long, lazy tussles. Who says everything has to be a calamity?
-- Calamity Jane
Ho Chang, o. k., I will write another. -- Boudicca
Ladies of the world unite! The world is OURS! -- Ms. Fu
Calamity Jane -- I was spanking your BUTTOCKS when my energy drink crashed. I would
love another try. What do you say? -- Kitten
Yterbium -- I never heard the man say go... What happened? -- Fast Eddie
Falling Mountain -- Owwwww! -- Nunzio
Boudicca -- I knew I could count on you. This slips you past the dubious thirteenth
title. It's now fourteen! -- Ho Chang
Flower Power -- How can you be a powerful flower if you're a neuter golem? What do
you do for pollen? -- Lotus Blossom, honestly confused
Brutal Barracuda -- You being an orc is type-casting. Me implying that orcs are
brutal is probably racist. -- Snowdrift, a cold dude
Nunzio -- Quick, let's get this over with before Jorja notices your misplaced
apostrophe. It's too hot here for her to get steamed up over a changing punctuation.
But she WILL. ALWAYS. -- Falling Mountain
P.S. We try to tell her living languages change, but she doesn't want to hear it.
L.S. -- I've never seen it myself, but Jorja assures me I wouldn't like it. She's
probably right. Especially now. HOT. -- Another (the Only) One
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BOUDICCA bested HO CHANG in a 3 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
GUIDO was vanquished by PERILOUS PIRANHA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
KITTEN was outlasted by CALAMITY JANE in a dull 19 minute bloody Challenge fight.
NUNZIO was bested by FALLING MOUNTAIN in a 1 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
POVERTY OF SPEECH viciously subdued FAST EDDIE in a 4 minute Challenge brawl.
THE ALLIGATOR GAR bested LOTUS BLOSSOM in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's match.
SNOWDRIFT was overpowered by BRUTAL BARRACUDA in a 1 minute uneven melee.
PUFFER FISH PERIL won victory over ANOTHER ONE in a 4 minute one-sided duel.
DEATHLY PIRARUCU vanquished TALK-TO-DEATH in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
MURPHY LOVE defeated TALK-TO-DEATH in a 2 minute beginner's match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 5 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 1 - 1 86 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 39 - 17 - 1 70 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 8 - 3 58 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 3 - 1 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 TOTAL PARRY 16 - 17 - 1 48 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 9 - 0 47 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 8 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 8 - 12 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 - 14 - 0 30 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 739 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 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 4 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BOUDICCA 3975 24 3 1 121 LADY WARRIORS (353)
AIMED BLOW THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000 16 14 0 97 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
SLASHING ATTACK PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002 20 10 1 91 VICIOUS FISH 2021 (357)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HO CHANG 3942. The most popular warrior this turn
was POVERTY OF SPEECH 4039. The ten other most popular fighters were HO CHANG 3942,
THE ALLIGATOR GAR 4000, NUNZIO 1818, ANOTHER ONE 4030, FALLING MOUNTAIN 3987, FAST
EDDIE 1819, BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999, PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002, LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962, and
BOUDICCA 3975.
The least popular fighter this week was CALAMITY JANE 3996. The other ten least
popular fighters were KITTEN 1990, PUFFER FISH PERIL 3998, GUIDO 1820, MURPHY LOVE
2085, DEATHLY PIRARUCU 4023, SNOWDRIFT 4012, BOUDICCA 3975, LOTUS BLOSSOM 3962,
PERILOUS PIRANHA 4002, and BRUTAL BARRACUDA 3999.
Name Change-o-Rama -- Final Update
The gladiators looked around at the Commission's administrative office on the
Isle of the Eye. They'd been here before. The standard boxy building, the scurrying
clerks, the... goats browsing on the landscaping. Not as many goats this time as
before, only three. One came over to Zeke (not his arena name) and nuzzled his
pockets. He scratched at the base of its floppy ears, lacking a snack to offer. He
looked at one of the clerks. "I thought you got rid of the goats last year," Zeke
said.
"These are new goats," the clerk said with a sigh. "They're going to be shipped
out next week." He looked hopeful. "They like you, could you stay until then?"
Zeke sighed. Minding three goats sounded more enjoyable than fighting in the
arena. "I'd have to ask my manager."
* * * *
Snatching his parchment away from a very determined goat, who apparently thought
it was a tasty snack, Rodney quickly dipped his pen in ink and began to write. "It is
our pleasure and honor to note that sixty-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 three 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 their new owners."