DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/27/2018    Duedate: 05/10/2018

LIN TIRIAN ARENA

DM-78    TURN-620

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FRACAS
V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
(78-3236) [12-2-1,120]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FRACAS                         BELIAL ERNESTO
V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)         HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)
(78-3236) [12-2-1,120]         (78-3319) [6-1-1,55]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SKIPPIT                        BILL BOARD
SAND DANCERS (68)              SAND DANCERS (68)
(78-3265) [14-20-0,73]         (78-3315) [1-5-0,9]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)        32
2. V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)      23      V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
3. HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)        10      Unchartered Team
4. THE QUAM SQUAD (254)         0
5. SAND DANCERS (68)           -3      HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)       6   1  1 85.7   1/ 1*FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)      8  3 0
 2- 1*THE QUAM SQUAD (254)       6   1  0 85.7   2/ 3 V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)    4  0 0
 3/ 3*FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)      16   8  0 66.7   3/ 5*HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)      3  0 0
 4/ 4 V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)    13  10  1 56.5   4/ 2 SAND DANCERS (68)         3 12 0
 5/ 5 SAND DANCERS (68)        %1269 %1447 41 46.7   5- 4*THE QUAM SQUAD (254)      1  0 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Practice pays for KATNISS, who pummelled ARC D'WOOF, to pocket 16 
points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, M. CHARDINEE was winsome, after 
beating SKIPPIT and seeing her lose 2 points.  Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster 
were disappointed by LIL D'FIELD, of SAND DANCERS, who despite a 9-8-0 couldn't 
overcome LIN TIRIAN's Number 1.  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable 
walls and challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     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 THE QUAM SQUAD, alone and unchallenged.  Like 
a pup with its tail between its legs, FAMOUS ARCHERS scurried away from THE QUAM 
SQUAD.  Oh, the shame!  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and EYELENE is it 
right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't SAND DANCERS proud!   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Ask not a spymaster 
for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious 
stupor.   
     All good things must come to an end.  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond 
my control, I must take my leave of this place.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an 
overtaxed simile, I now bid LIN TIRIAN farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FRACAS 3236                  12   2  1   120       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LIL D'FIELD 3307              9   8  0    86       SAND DANCERS (68)
 SKIPPIT 3265                 14  20  0    73       SAND DANCERS (68)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BELIAL ERNESTO 3319           6   1  1    55       HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)
 KATNISS 3323                  5   1  0    46       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
-LARA CROFT 3328               4   0  0    38       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
 ARC D'WOOF 3309              10   6  1    37       SAND DANCERS (68)
-SIR QUAMALOT 2153             6   1  0    34       THE QUAM SQUAD (254)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WILLIAM TELL 3325             5   1  0    19       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
 SUSAN PEVENSIE 3339           1   1  0    15       FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)
 RUMPUS 3314                   1   0  0    13       V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
 EYELENE 3326                  2   4  0    10       SAND DANCERS (68)
 BILL BOARD 3315               1   5  0     9       SAND DANCERS (68)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Fracas! I love a good fracas! A salute to the again DM. -- Arrowhead

Maybe he will even write a DM Column? He owes us. Duelmaster Fracas, what say you? -- 
Arrowhead

Yes! Green Arrow did return from The Mailer alive! Yes! The 4-3-1 sets him up 
perfectly for The Arlington FTF. I guess y'all will not see him here in Lin Tirian for 
a while. Lucky you. -- Arrowhead

Bill Board, what would I ever do without you? -- William Tell

Eyelene, now come on! It hurts my feelings when you do things like that. It does. -- 
Susan (sniffling as she speaks)

Cult Member and Oski Noble, thanks for the practice. It helps us get in shape for our 
movie presence. -- Lara Croft and Katniss

Jorja, are you still with us? --Arrowhead

Thwack! (The Famous Archer Motto.) -- Arrowhead

Fracas -- Ah, let's just... Skippit

I didn't really tell the dwarf he was a fine opponent, that was someone being 
politically correct. -- Lil d'Field

Belial Ernesto -- If you hadn't howled in my ear, I would've creamed you. -- Arc 
d'Woof

William Tell -- (heavy sigh)  We keep on mirroring each other's records, as in 
"getting it backward."  Still, you're kinda fun.  If only you were female.... -- Bill 
Board

Susan Pevensie -- You're too tall to be a real dwarf, and you should probably have 
been noted as a golem.  No gender and all.  You're just perverse, you know? -- Eyelene

Arrowhead -- Ah?  The whole tourney business scrambled my brain, such as it is. -- 
Jorja
P.S.  But very glad to have someone to talk to here.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SUSAN PEVENSIE devastated EYELENE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
FRACAS vanquished LIL D'FIELD in a exciting 1 minute uneven Title battle.
SKIPPIT was savagely defeated by M. CHARDINEE in a crowd pleasing 5 minute duel.
BELIAL ERNESTO overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
ARC D'WOOF was devastated by KATNISS in a 1 minute gory uneven brawl.
WILLIAM TELL unbelievably bested BILL BOARD in a crowd pleasing 4 minute bloody match.
RUMPUS overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 2 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         WALL OF STEEL      7 -   2 -  1      78  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -   4 -  0      71  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW        10 -   4 -  1      71  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   4 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   3 -  0      63  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -  17 -  1      41  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 620 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FRACAS 3236                12   2  1  120 V IS FOR VIOLINS (354)
AIMED BLOW       LIL D'FIELD 3307            9   8  0   86 SAND DANCERS (68)
WALL OF STEEL    BELIAL ERNESTO 3319         6   1  1   55 HOWLIN MARTYRS (359)
SLASHING ATTACK  KATNISS 3323                5   1  0   46 FAMOUS ARCHERS (360)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   ARC D'WOOF 3309            10   6  1   37 SAND DANCERS (68)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SKIPPIT 3265.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BILL BOARD 3315.  The ten other most popular fighters were SKIPPIT 3265, FRACAS 
3236, BELIAL ERNESTO 3319, SUSAN PEVENSIE 3339, LIL D'FIELD 3307, KATNISS 3323, 
WILLIAM TELL 3325, EYELENE 3326, ARC D'WOOF 3309, and RUMPUS 3314.

The least popular fighter this week was RUMPUS 3314.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ARC D'WOOF 3309, EYELENE 3326, WILLIAM TELL 3325, KATNISS 3323, LIL 
D'FIELD 3307, SUSAN PEVENSIE 3339, BELIAL ERNESTO 3319, FRACAS 3236, SKIPPIT 3265, 
and BILL BOARD 3315.

                                CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS

To clarify:  You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.  
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided. 
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space. 
Make sure you include the ID!

                             * * * * *   MEMO  * * * * *

From:       The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To:         All Managers

In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's 
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately.  Managers may 
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a 
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission.  Each warrior may have 
up to 15 favorite sayings.  Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch, 
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long.  For any questions, please contact the 
Gladiatorial Commission. 

                 TOURNAMENT PRIZE CLARIFICATION:  SPRING 2018 MAIL-IN

The prize for this most recent tournament was a Clone / Twin prize: 

One potion, which when applied on any Natural Warrior, dead or alive, which will 
either make a Clone or Twin of that warrior at birth.  A clone is one exact copy of 
the warrior; a Twin may be a different style and will be rolled ten times and the best 
shall be chosen.  The new warrior may be added to any team.  A Natural Warrior is 
defined as a warrior that was not created with the use or a prize, nor has ever had a 
prize used on it at any time in the past.  Warriors may be cloned only once by their 
own manager, and once by another.  The owner of the warrior that is cloned or twinned 
must give permission.  Please remember, you must use all prizes within six months of 
the tourney when they were won.

                        TEAM AND CHARACTER MAINTENANCE SERVICE

     As a service to all managers, we offer team and character maintenance.  This 
option allows you to make sure your team or selected warriors will never miss a turn!

     Team Maintenance:  This will cause all warriors on that team to fight every 
     turn; if it's an AD arena, any new warriors who arrive on that team will 
     fight the turn they arrive.  In A.D. or in transfer arenas where you have 
     multiple teams, each team will need to separately be on Team Maintenance.  
     (The only exception is new warriors; they will not fight until they have had 
     their initial strategy input.)  

     Character Maintenance:  This will cause only that warrior to fight every 
     turn.  If the character graduates or changes arenas, he/she/it will stay on 
     Character Maintenance.

     In either case, you may submit strategy sheets for your warriors each turn, if 
you wish.  The Team/Character Maintenance will make sure your warriors fight each 
turn, and they will always use their most recently entered strategy.
     Remember that challenges, avoids, and challenge/if challenged strategies will not 
carry through from turn to turn.  These sections are only used on the turn they are 
entered.  In order to continually challenge or avoid you will need to submit a 
strategy sheet each time. 
     One other thing to remember about maintenance:  Maintenance is not something 
that you write on your turnsheet (like in demo tourneys).  In order to add or remove 
maintenance for a team or warrior, you must send a note to Customer Service.  If you 
just write things like this on your strategy sheet, they may or may not get done.  
Likewise, don't write it on your personal ads.  Please, please, please put it on a 
separate piece of paper with "Customer Service" written on the top.  If you don't, 
well, you can imagine.
     Thanks for your time.  Good luck in Duelmasters! -- Green Eyes