DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 04/11/2018 Duedate: 04/24/2018
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM-81 TURN-291
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BARSTOOL BRAD
INEBRIATION (27)
(81-2706) [18-14-1,111]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SIR RACHA CRAM
OTTO'S DINER (96) HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
(81-2853) [17-11-0,116] (81-3049) [1-0-0,10]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SIR RACHA JED SAWYER
OTTO'S DINER (96) WAR MACHINE (26)
(81-2853) [17-11-0,116] (81-2474) [12-12-4,89]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MONSTER MANUAL (87)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MONSTER MANUAL (87) 33
2. PRAY THE GODS (155) 33 SHANGHAIED (161)
3. INEBRIATION (27) 32 Unchartered Team
4. BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 22
5. CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 20 HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 SHANGHAIED (161) 183 139 8 56.8 1/ 7 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 9 6 1
2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 572 452 20 55.9 2/ 3 SHANGHAIED (161) 9 6 0
3/ 3 DARQUE AGES (29) 627 579 27 52.0 3/ 8 WAR MACHINE (26) 8 7 2
4/ 5 OTTO'S DINER (96) 584 542 28 51.9 4/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 8 7 0
5/ 6 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 283 267 11 51.5 5/10 OTTO'S DINER (96) 8 7 0
6/ 4 KILL EM ALL (173) 102 97 7 51.3 6/ 5 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 8 7 0
7/ 7 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 51 51 3 50.0 7/ 2 KILL EM ALL (173) 7 8 2
8/ 8 PRAY THE GODS (155) 179 186 13 49.0 8/ 6 FROM THE LEFT (166) 7 8 0
9/ 9 FROM THE LEFT (166) 81 88 5 47.9 9/ 1 PRAY THE GODS (155) 6 8 1
10/10 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 508 605 22 45.6 10/11 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 6 9 0
11/ 0*HEROS OF HAGUS (181) 2 3 0 40.0 11/12 INEBRIATION (27) 5 10 0
12/11 INEBRIATION (27) 173 273 13 38.8 12/ 9 DARQUE AGES (29) 3 12 0
13/12 WAR MACHINE (26) 135 226 20 37.4 13/ 0*HEROS OF HAGUS (181) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
All of this traveling is for the birds! There is nothing better than my lumpy,
familiar mattress in my musky, familiar room. Instead, I stay in a glorified barn
loft, and I am forced to sleep on a rock-stuffed mattress. The cleaning staff was
horrible. I apologize for that unfair statement. There was no cleaning staff! This
place was a pig sty! I will never stay at my mother's house again! I plan on making
the SYP foot the bill next time I'm compelled to cover a tournament. Let's take a
look at all the good fights and competition we had in Shadowspire this turn!
Barstool Brad was our reigning champion last turn, and turn 291 gave him the
first opportunity to defend that title. Our noble Duelmaster decided to take the easy
route, which is fine, it is his prerogative as top dog in the arena. He exercised the
right of bloodfeud against Kamikaze from Kill Em All. Weirdo and his crew seem to
like those lopsided down challenges, so he probably didn't have any issue with this
challenge either. Barstool Brad defeats Kamikaze and remains our Duelmaster! He also
got his invitation to the Isle of the Eye. So, we will have a new champion next turn.
It is a certainty!
The most avoided team is Kill Em All. They were most avoided by War Machine.
The most challenge warrior for the turn is our former Duelmaster, Three Sheets. He
was challenged by another former Duelmaster, Boalzebul. It was an interesting bout of
back and forth according to the stat sheet, but Boalzebul came out victorious after 2
minutes. There were various down challenges, all across the board . . . YAWN, oh
sorry. This isn't Seam, no one really "seems" to care! HA! I kill me. Okay, back to
the rest of the report.
There have been lots of deaths the last few turns, which I love. Killing always
excites the crowd and makes the managers make severely lapsed judgments. Master
Darque wiped out more than half of his team this turn. Dumpps killed a warrior last
turn and was subsequently sent to the DA this turn. I love it! Death, death, and
more death! Bloodfeuds always make for some good entertainment too. I've already
mentioned our Duelmaster's bloodfeud match, but I want to draw our attention to
Malakai's failed attempt at vengeance against Poetry Slam. You would think that match
was foregone conclusion! Everyone was wrong! I love it!
Monster Manual is the top team in the arena after jumping up 7 spots. Our former
top team, Pray the Gods, fell from some lofty heights to rest in 9th place.
Shanghaied moved up one spot to take 2nd, while War Machine climbed 5 ranks to 3rd.
Filling out the top 5, Cult of Bacchus stays steady in 4th, and Otto's Diner moved
from 10th to 5th. The largest gain belongs to Monster Manual, while the biggest loss
is Pray the Gods.
I am out of here, duel fans. I have to meet an Andorian masseuse and healer to
get my neck realigned. I can barely turn my head thanks to that horrible mattress at
mom's. It made watching many of the fights today painful, especially the ones where
the gladiators moved around a lot. I long for the days of Total Parry dominance with
each turn of my head! Anyway, I'm out. See you next turn.
-- Huard DePriest
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BARSTOOL BRAD 2706 18 14 1 111 INEBRIATION (27)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SIR RACHA 2853 17 11 0 116 OTTO'S DINER (96)
SPHINX 2755 17 19 2 115 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
MODUIN 2909 15 8 1 103 DARQUE AGES (29)
BOALZEBUL 2946 13 4 1 98 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
NO-TEETH KEITH 2852 18 12 2 95 SHANGHAIED (161)
MIGHTY MIXON 2870 14 12 0 95 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PSYCHO STYX 2771 21 19 2 92 KILL EM ALL (173)
DESTINY 2703 20 26 0 92 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
POETRY SLAM 3017 5 2 1 90 FROM THE LEFT (166)
MALAKAI 2768 24 16 1 89 KILL EM ALL (173)
JED SAWYER 2474 12 12 4 89 WAR MACHINE (26)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHILD SMASHER 2941 10 8 1 87 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
CHOKE 2767 22 18 0 84 KILL EM ALL (173)
THREE SHEETS 2869 17 10 1 84 SHANGHAIED (161)
SOWER MOOD 2942 8 11 1 82 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
QUICK 2926 12 9 1 73 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
SUBPAR SUE 2812 18 17 0 71 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
BRACKISH 2782 15 24 1 70 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SKINNY LENNY 2971 9 5 0 58 SHANGHAIED (161)
SILPA 3022 4 2 1 57 PRAY THE GODS (155)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BENJAMIN 2905 12 11 0 56 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
THE LEPER'S HAND 2940 11 8 0 55 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
MARTIAL SLAW 2954 10 8 0 54 OTTO'S DINER (96)
PIERCER 2854 12 14 1 51 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
RED DOG 2878 8 4 0 50 INEBRIATION (27)
AZABELLE 2949 7 10 0 45 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
M'LORD 2959 6 10 0 40 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
GROUCHO SERF 3002 4 6 2 39 DARQUE AGES (29)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CURTIS TURNER 2643 3 4 1 33 WAR MACHINE (26)
RUTU PARNA 3014 4 2 1 32 PRAY THE GODS (155)
STARVING ARTIST 2956 7 10 0 31 FROM THE LEFT (166)
MIMIC 2997 5 4 1 31 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
GLORYHOUND 3007 2 2 0 29 WAR MACHINE (26)
ALISTAR 3037 3 0 0 25 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
TUTTER 3015 3 3 0 24 PRAY THE GODS (155)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KAMIKAZE 3042 1 2 1 23 KILL EM ALL (173)
GREASE TRAP 2998 6 3 1 22 OTTO'S DINER (96)
AL ROPER 2612 6 4 0 22 WAR MACHINE (26)
NIGHT HAG 2980 5 5 0 22 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
THOUGHT POLICE 3039 3 1 0 22 FROM THE LEFT (166)
HELEN BADE 3021 2 2 0 12 SHANGHAIED (161)
NPR 3061 1 0 0 10 FROM THE LEFT (166)
CRAM 3049 1 0 0 10 HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
SAVAGE 3043 2 1 0 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
EYE-PATCH WILLY 3020 2 2 0 9 SHANGHAIED (161)
TENURED PROFESSOR 3040 2 2 0 8 FROM THE LEFT (166)
KUSHNUMAH 3034 2 2 0 8 PRAY THE GODS (155)
SPECIAL PURPOSE 3033 1 4 0 7 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
MISO HONEY 3057 1 0 0 6 OTTO'S DINER (96)
OBARA 3047 1 0 0 6 HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
ALASKAN AMBER 3060 1 0 0 5 INEBRIATION (27)
RISHVI 3045 0 2 0 2 PRAY THE GODS (155)
COLLYN 3050 0 1 0 1 HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
TOMAHAWK 3055 0 1 0 1 KILL EM ALL (173)
TEMUJIN 3048 0 1 0 1 HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
GRUELMASTER 3056 0 1 0 1 OTTO'S DINER (96)
TYENE 3046 0 1 0 1 HEROS OF HAGUS (181)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BLYTHE 2829 13 15 2 CULT OF BACCHUS 4 BOALZEBUL 2946 287 NOT REVENGED
SUBOPTIMAL 3038 2 1 0 CULT OF BACCHUS 4 MIMIC 2997 291
AQUINAS 3062 0 1 0 DARQUE AGES 29 DARK CHAMPION 291 NONE
BARD BOINNE 3031 3 1 0 DARQUE AGES 29 DUMPPS 3044 290
DA59 3063 0 1 0 DARQUE AGES 29 BLACK ORC 291 NONE
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DAME DE GOSNAI 3035 0 4 0 DARQUE AGES 29 BLACK ORC 291 NONE
NAGAVARMA 3032 2 2 0 DARQUE AGES 29 SILPA 3022 290
RACE BAITER 2992 3 3 0 FROM THE LEFT 166 RUTU PARNA 3014 287 REVENGED
HANGOVER 3058 0 1 0 INEBRIATION 27 STONE GOLEM 291 NONE
HEADACHE 3059 0 1 0 INEBRIATION 27 DARK CHAMPION 291 NONE
SUMMIT 3052 0 1 0 INEBRIATION 27 KAMIKAZE 3042 290 JUST REVENGED
BOTTOM FEEDER 2989 4 7 1 KILL EM ALL 173 CURTIS TURNER 2643 290 JUST REVENGED
YELLOW BELLEY 3012 2 2 0 KILL EM ALL 173 POETRY SLAM 3017 288 REVENGED
MELLOW JELLO 2784 24 13 0 OTTO'S DINER 96 PSYCHO STYX 2771 290 JUST REVENGED
DUMPPS 3044 1 2 1 WAR MACHINE 26 WURM KIN 291 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Poetry Slam -- I was speeding. Now I'm bleeding. -- Choke
Otto's Diner -- This one's in the refrigerator... The door's closed, the light's out,
the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, but the Jello ain't jigglin' no more!
-- Psycho Styx
Summit -- It was over before you began. -- Kamikaze
Barstool Brad -- We fully expect a Duelmaster's Column from you. You need to
represent your team and your so-called alliance by addressing the arena like a man.
Don't make us come up there 'n pull that barstool out from under ya! -- Kill Em All
Shadowspire -- What a glorious round for death in the arena! We certainly had an
eventful week going 3-2-2-1 ourselves on T-290. It will be interesting to see if
we're involved in four separate bloodfeuds in a single turn. If you're planning on
being in the first few rows of the arena, brace yourselves, this could get messy! --
Weirdo and Kill Em All
All -- Bottom Feeder PL 14(1)-7(1)-10-15-15-10-15 Good Damage/Normal End, Very Frail,
Expert Parry, Expert Init. -- Weirdo
P.S. What curse? :)
Phineas Rannulf -- Do you know where you are? This is Shadowspire. The Arena of
Death! Jewel of the No-Tourney Arenas. Next time you grace us with your presence be
sure to write a proper spy report. -- Weirdo
Shadowbore -- My silence had absolutely nothing to do with the AA! Sometimes real life
gets in the way of gaming! I appreciate the hot wind your blowhole has been spewing
lately, as it made the temperature here inB Shadowspire cozy at the end of that harsh
winter! Now that spring has sprung, you may stop talking so much and go back to
cleaning the AA outhouses!- DeGotti
Quick -- Loved that fight! Loved the outcome more! Let's do it again sometime! --
Mighty Mixon
Helen Bade -- Free lesson #1. Parry is part of your style. You may want to use it at
some point! -- Suboptimal
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DUMPPS was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DAME DE GOSNAI was viciously butchered by BLACK ORC in a 4 minute Dark Arena duel.
DA59 was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
HEADACHE was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
HANGOVER was assassinated by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
AQUINAS was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena brawl.
BARSTOOL BRAD overpowered KAMIKAZE in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud Title struggle.
MALAKAI was handily defeated by POETRY SLAM in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud fight.
CHOKE vanquished CURTIS TURNER in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud duel.
STARVING ARTIST was narrowly defeated by RUTU PARNA in a 2 minute Bloodfeud duel.
MIGHTY MIXON lost to SPHINX in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
SKINNY LENNY was overpowered by SOWER MOOD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
QUICK was overpowered by NO-TEETH KEITH in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
JED SAWYER viciously subdued SUBPAR SUE in a 7 minute master's Challenge conflict.
BOALZEBUL bested THREE SHEETS in a 2 minute Challenge bout.
THE LEPER'S HAND viciously subdued PIERCER in a 2 minute gory Challenge conflict.
AZABELLE vanquished GREASE TRAP in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
AL ROPER was vanquished by M'LORD in a 2 minute bloody one-sided Challenge fray.
RED DOG bested GROUCHO SERF in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
HELEN BADE narrowly defeated SPECIAL PURPOSE in a 3 minute novice's Challenge bout.
EYE-PATCH WILLY was outlasted by THOUGHT POLICE in a 15 minute Challenge match.
KUSHNUMAH was devastated by ALISTAR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
GLORYHOUND overpowered TENURED PROFESSOR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
SIR RACHA overpowered PSYCHO STYX in a 1 minute uneven fray.
DESTINY was overcome by MODUIN in a exciting 2 minute veteran's contest.
CHILD SMASHER defeated BRACKISH in a action packed 1 minute fight.
MARTIAL SLAW overpowered NIGHT HAG in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SILPA overpowered DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a action packed 1 minute one-sided bout.
BENJAMIN vanquished TUTTER in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
MIMIC easily killed SUBOPTIMAL in a 1 minute gruesome mismatched bout.
SAVAGE savagely defeated RISHVI in a 2 minute gruesome novice's fight.
COLLYN was overcome by ALASKAN AMBER in a 4 minute novice's fight.
TOMAHAWK was narrowly defeated by OBARA in a 3 minute brutal novice's fight.
GRUELMASTER was overpowered by CRAM in a 1 minute uneven bout.
MISO HONEY savagely defeated TYENE in a 2 minute gory beginner's contest.
TEMUJIN was devastated by NPR in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 17 LUNGING ATTACK 75 - 68 - 7 52 |
|BASHING ATTACK 10 TOTAL PARRY 22 - 21 - 0 51 |
|WALL OF STEEL 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 11 - 0 50 |
|TOTAL PARRY 6 SLASHING ATTACK 17 - 17 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 BASHING ATTACK 40 - 42 - 4 49 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 WALL OF STEEL 29 - 34 - 0 46 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 PARRY-LUNGE 17 - 20 - 2 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 AIMED BLOW 20 - 27 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 25 - 35 - 2 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 10 - 0 38 |
Turn 291 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-LUNGE 3 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 4 4 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 12 - 5 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 5 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 5 - 5 AIMED BLOW 0 - 5 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 3 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY BARSTOOL BRAD 2706 18 14 1 111 INEBRIATION (27)
LUNGING ATTACK SIR RACHA 2853 17 11 0 116 OTTO'S DINER (96)
BASHING ATTACK NO-TEETH KEITH 2852 18 12 2 95 SHANGHAIED (161)
WALL OF STEEL MALAKAI 2768 24 16 1 89 KILL EM ALL (173)
STRIKING ATTACK CHILD SMASHER 2941 10 8 1 87 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PARRY-RIPOSTE QUICK 2926 12 9 1 73 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW SUBPAR SUE 2812 18 17 0 71 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
SLASHING ATTACK MARTIAL SLAW 2954 10 8 0 54 OTTO'S DINER (96)
PARRY-LUNGE RED DOG 2878 8 4 0 50 INEBRIATION (27)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SIR RACHA 2853. The most popular warrior this turn
was JED SAWYER 2474. The ten other most popular fighters were MODUIN 2909, POETRY
SLAM 3017, SPHINX 2755, BOALZEBUL 2946, THE LEPER'S HAND 2940, DAME DE GOSNAI 3035,
RUTU PARNA 3014, M'LORD 2959, SPECIAL PURPOSE 3033, and SILPA 3022.
The least popular fighter this week was EYE-PATCH WILLY 3020. The other ten least
popular fighters were THOUGHT POLICE 3039, TYENE 3046, GRUELMASTER 3056, ALASKAN
AMBER 3060, SUBOPTIMAL 3038, TUTTER 3015, NIGHT HAG 2980, PSYCHO STYX 2771, TENURED
PROFESSOR 3040, and KUSHNUMAH 3034.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
BARSTOOL BRAD (81-2706) INEBRIATION (27)
SIR RACHA (81-2853) OTTO'S DINER (96)
SPHINX (81-2755) MONSTER MANUAL (87)
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Look for the tournament info sheet and minioverviews some time in June. We hope
you're all looking forward to it and that we will see you there!
-- RSI