DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/26/2018    Duedate: 10/09/2018

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-303

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MUTANT CAMEL
THE COMMODORES (150)
(81-2678) [27-17-0,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY              POOH SCHEUER
                               OHS ALUMNI (183)
                               (81-3099) [5-1-0,39]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SOWER MOOD                     MISO HONEY
BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)        OTTO'S DINER (96)
(81-2942) [15-16-1,88]         (81-3057) [4-9-0,21]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WICKED MARTYRS (148)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)        55
2. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        27      CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
3. FROM THE LEFT (166)         24      Unchartered Team
4. OTTO'S DINER (96)           23
5. SCORPIO LIKES: (163)        20      OHS ALUMNI (183)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*OHS ALUMNI (183)          18  12  1 60.0   1/ 4 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      9  5 0
 2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      606 476 20 56.0   2/ 2 KILL 'EM ALL (173)        9  6 2
 3/ 3 KILL 'EM ALL (173)       133 121 13 52.4   3/ 1 PRAY THE GODS (155)       9  6 0
 4/ 4 DARQUE AGES (29)         657 607 29 52.0   4/ 9 FROM THE LEFT (166)       7  3 0
 5/ 5 THE COMMODORES (150)     247 230  6 51.8   5/11 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       7  7 0
 6/ 6 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     313 295 11 51.5   6/ 3*OHS ALUMNI (183)          7  8 1
 7/ 7 OTTO'S DINER (96)        610 576 29 51.4   7/ 5 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   7  8 1
 8/ 9 PRAY THE GODS (155)      211 204 13 50.8   8/10 INEBRIATION (27)          7  8 0
 9/12 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      30  30  0 50.0   9/13 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      7  8 0
10/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   80  82  7 49.4  10/ 8 THE COMMODORES (150)      6  5 0
11/11 FROM THE LEFT (166)       93 101  6 47.9  11/ 7 OTTO'S DINER (96)         6  9 1
12/13 INEBRIATION (27)         199 300 17 39.9  12/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29)          5  8 0
13/14 WAR MACHINE (26)         155 255 22 37.8  13/12 WAR MACHINE (26)          4 10 2
14/15 SCORPIO LIKES: (163)      31 102  4 23.3  14/15 SCORPIO LIKES: (163)      2  7 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome back to Shadowspire!  Two weeks is entirely too long to wait for some 
good gladiator fights, but this is how they have done it for decades!  You are here in 
the Jewel of No-Tourney Arenas -- SHADOWSPIRE!  I will briefly be your host, Huard 
DePriest, as we explore all the good tidbits of news and happenings in the arena for 
turn 303.  So let's jump right into this report because my ale is going flat!

     Our Duelmaster from the last turn was the top-rated Basher, Dante.  He took the 
throne from Benjamin, but the question for this turn was, "Can he keep it?"  There was 
a nice collection of Challenger Champions below him that had their eye on the title.  
Mutant Camel from The Commodores issued a challenge and the Commission accepted it. It 
was an exciting fight, at least from Dante's end.  In the end, he ran out of breath 
and Mutant Camel is our newest champion!  Congrats to MC, who is managed by Hombre!  
Mutant Camel also received his invitation to the Isle, so he gets an extra helping of 
gruel at Otto's Diner later tonight!

     The most avoided team for turn 303 is Inebriation.  They were mostly avoided by 
Cult of Bacchus.  I'm going to call foul on this one.  I would think that a Cult of 
Bacchus would be pursuing Inebriation rather than running from it.  Ah well, 
everything in moderation I assume.  The most challenged warrior for the turn is Donny 
Stark of OHS Alumni.  Despite this, Donny was the one that got his challenge through 
to Meatwood Flack.  It did not end as he hoped! Meatwood Flack beat Donny Stark in a 
4-minute fight.  I want to offer congrats to Dyslexic Music for a nice 4-1-0 turn 
which netted them enough points to take Top Team on the Move.

     There was not a lot of movement in the death department this cycle, but there 
were lots of blood feuds to settle some scores from previous turns.  The first and 
most notable feud because it involved a death was Jed Sawyer's bloodfeud challenge 
against Jeremy Vossen.  As I have alluded, it did not end well!  Jed killed Jeremy, 
but I'm not sure how much farther this matter will go since OHS Alumni's warriors are 
much lower in the rankings than Jed Sawyer.  Alistar, Cysted Twister, and Bat Penatar 
were successful in their bids for revenge as well.  The only warrior to fall short was 
Pooh Scheuer.  He lost to Pesto Pete, and Mike Vadner's death remains unavenged!

     Wicked Martyrs takes over the top spot with only a 2-3-0 turn. Three teams have 9 
wins, but DMobster's crew only have 5 in the loss column.  Kill 'Em All remains in the 
second spot, while Pray the Gods falls from first to third.  From the Left makes a big 
jump from ninth to 4th, but Cult of Bacchus was not to be outdone and climbs 6 places 
to round out the top 5.  Cult of Bacchus made the biggest jump for the turn.  Darque 
Ages fell by 6 spots and take home the worst fall of turn 303.

     Time for me to go, ya bums!  I will see some of you guys and gals next turn.  
Mutant Camel and Benjamin will be heading off to the Isle after next turn, so we are 
going to need a new Duelmaster!  Who is it going to be?  There are 5 viable candidates 
in the Challenger Champions, or will it be some upstart punk from the Champions that 
wins big and gets the crown?  Come back next turn and find out!

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUTANT CAMEL 2678            27  17  0   111       THE COMMODORES (150)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AZABELLE 2949                14  15  0   111       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 BENJAMIN 2905                21  14  0   106       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 QUICK 2926                   18  15  1   101       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 DANTE 3002                   12  10  2   101       DARQUE AGES (29)
 POETRY SLAM 3017              7   5  1    95       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 MARTIAL SLAW 2954            18  12  0    93       OTTO'S DINER (96)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOWER MOOD 2942              15  16  1    88       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SUBPAR SUE 2812              20  27  0    87       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 M'LORD 2959                  14  14  0    85       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 THE LEPER'S HAND 2940        16  15  0    83       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 RUTU PARNA 3014              10   6  1    78       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 JED SAWYER 2474              18  16  5    77       WAR MACHINE (26)
 SAVAGE 3043                  10   5  0    77       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 KUSHNUMAH 3034                9   5  0    72       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 ALISTAR 3037                  9   6  0    67       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RISHVI 3045                   9   3  0    66       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 GREASE TRAP 2998             12   9  1    63       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 PESTO PETE 3077               6   5  1    63       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 CYSTED TWISTER 3093           6   3  0    61       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED DOG 2878                 13  10  0    55       INEBRIATION (27)
 HOMINID 3091                  6   2  0    54       THE COMMODORES (150)
 SILPA 3022                    9   7  1    53       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 CROTLEY MOO 3071              8   4  0    49       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 TUTTER 3015                   8   8  0    49       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 STARVING ARTIST 2956         10  12  0    42       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 TENURED PROFESSOR 3040        5   4  0    41       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 ALASKAN AMBER 3060            8   4  0    40       INEBRIATION (27)
 GRAY GOOSE 3083               6   4  2    39       INEBRIATION (27)
 POOH SCHEUER 3099             5   1  0    39       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 GLORYHOUND 3007               7   7  0    38       WAR MACHINE (26)
 XENOPHOBE 3087                7   2  0    38       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 CHERRY DP 2637                6  14  0    38       SCORPIO LIKES: (163)
 LON PEPER 3103                4   2  0    36       OHS ALUMNI (183)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THOUGHT POLICE 3039           5   4  0    33       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 CAPTAIN FIZZ 2917             7   9  0    32       THE COMMODORES (150)
 TERMINATOR 3086               5   4  2    32       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 BAT PENATAR 3075              3   8  0    32       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 TANQUERAY 3088                4   5  1    31       INEBRIATION (27)
 SPECIAL PURPOSE 3033          6  11  1    30       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 LORD BRITISH 3095             4   3  0    28       THE COMMODORES (150)
 RAT CATCHER 3079              7   3  0    26       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 EVON 3067                     7   4  0    25       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 MERCURY 3074                  7   4  0    25       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 MEATWOOD FLACK 3070           6   6  0    24       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOMAHAWK 3055                 5   7  1    23       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 TOURS 3114                    3   1  1    23       DARQUE AGES (29)
 POITIERS 3076                 5   6  0    21       DARQUE AGES (29)
 MISO HONEY 3057               4   9  0    21       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 HELLHOUND 3108                3   2  1    21       WAR MACHINE (26)
 CARNIFERN 3131                1   0  0    18       THE COMMODORES (150)
 PINK SQUIRREL 3082            3   7  0    16       INEBRIATION (27)
 AL ANNUNZIATA 3100            2   4  0    16       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 NPR 3061                      3   3  1    15       FROM THE LEFT (166)
 COAST 2 COAST 3080            2   9  0    15       SCORPIO LIKES: (163)
 Y.A. BOMB 3118                2   1  1    10       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 A JACKED UP TRUCK 3128        1   0  0    10       SCORPIO LIKES: (163)
 DONNY STARK 3115              2   2  0     9       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 PRINCESS HOYT 3125            1   1  1     5       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 HANDY ROYTT 3132              0   1  0     1       WAR MACHINE (26)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ZURRAY 2892             3  7 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    SPECIAL PURPOSE 3033  300   
DRACILIA 3109           1  4 0 CULT OF BACCHUS 4    HELLHOUND 3108        302  JUST REVENGED
HIMI JENDRIX 3069       6  3 0 DYSLEXIC MUSIC 182   GRAY GOOSE 3083       300  JUST REVENGED
POLDCLAY #03 3133       0  1 0 DYSLEXIC MUSIC 182   BANDIT PRINCE         303  NONE
RENNY CODGERS 3116      0  1 0 DYSLEXIC MUSIC 182   Y.A. BOMB 3118        301  JUST REVENGED
JEREMY VOSSEN 3122      1  1 1 OHS ALUMNI 183       JED SAWYER 2474       303   
MIKE VADNER 3102        3  1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       PESTO PETE 3077       301   
TERRY V 3101            1  1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       TANQUERAY 3088        299  REVENGED
SAL MONELLA 3129        0  1 0 OTTO'S DINER 96      MOUNTAIN TROLL        303  NONE
AN ANGRY DUCK 3111      0  2 0 SCORPIO LIKES: 163   QWINN 2958            300   
MRS. BACON 3112         0  4 0 SCORPIO LIKES: 163   TERMINATOR 3086       302   
WWE 2723                4  3 2 SCORPIO LIKES: 163   GRAY GOOSE 3083       299  NOT REVENGED
AL ROPER 2612          10 10 0 WAR MACHINE 26       ARENAMASTER           303  NONE
BRUCE FOSS 3126         0  1 0 WAR MACHINE 26       JEREMY VOSSEN 3122    302  JUST REVENGED
AOS 3127                0  1 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   STONE GOLEM           303  NONE
RUINATION 3107          0  3 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   NPR 3061              300  REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Captain Fizz -- Tomahawk not hit on head.  No visions today.  Tomahawk think you 
should aim higher. -- Tomahawk

Pink Squirrel -- I've never had one of those before. -- Xenophobe

Ghost of Mrs. Bacon -- Target Eliminated_ -- Terminator

Hombre -- Your warning was too late to save her Bacon. -- Weirdo

OHS Alumni -- Chad?  Is that you?  What are you doing so high up in the team rankings? 
-- Weirdo

Huard DePriest -- I know my discretion gets me a bit of flak in the arena, but must 
you turn the spy report into an Andorian whine and cheese festival? -- Weirdo

War Machine -- Big Jer Vossen put a hurtin' on you. -- Chad

Pesto -- Lucky!!  Lon had you! -- Chad

Phil -- Slipped one in on me... loodfued fails! -- Chad

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

AL ROPER was butchered by ARENAMASTER in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SAL MONELLA was slaughtered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
AOS was killed by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
POLDCLAY #03 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena contest.
JED SAWYER assassinated JEREMY VOSSEN in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
ALISTAR devastated HELLHOUND in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud brawl.
CYSTED TWISTER overpowered GRAY GOOSE in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud struggle.
POOH SCHEUER was devastated by PESTO PETE in a 1 minute Bloodfeud competition.
BAT PENATAR handily defeated Y.A. BOMB in a 1 minute uneven Bloodfeud melee.
BENJAMIN vanquished SOWER MOOD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
MUTANT CAMEL unbelievably bested DANTE in a 3 minute veteran's Challenge Title duel.
MARTIAL SLAW was overcome by AZABELLE in a exciting 1 minute veteran's Challenge bout.
M'LORD subdued KUSHNUMAH in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
POETRY SLAM handily defeated SUBPAR SUE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
SAVAGE overpowered HOMINID in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
SILPA overpowered CAPTAIN FIZZ in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
RISHVI won victory over RED DOG in a exciting 1 minute Challenge fray.
LON PEPER slimly won victory over LORD BRITISH in a 4 minute Challenge brawl.
EVON was outlasted by XENOPHOBE in a 7 minute Challenge bout.
TENURED PROFESSOR demolished POITIERS in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
TOMAHAWK was defeated by TANQUERAY in a 2 minute Challenge conflict.
PINK SQUIRREL was bested by AL ANNUNZIATA in a 3 minute Challenge contest.
RAT CATCHER luckily beat MISO HONEY in a action packed 4 minute Challenge fight.
DONNY STARK was beaten by MEATWOOD FLACK in a 4 minute Challenge fray.
RUTU PARNA was devastated by QUICK in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
THE LEPER'S HAND overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a exciting 1 minute uneven fight.
TUTTER won victory over GLORYHOUND in a 1 minute fight.
GREASE TRAP overpowered TERMINATOR in a 1 minute uneven match.
STARVING ARTIST was luckily beaten by ALASKAN AMBER in a action packed 4 minute duel.
CROTLEY MOO handily defeated MERCURY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
CHERRY DP vanquished NPR in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SPECIAL PURPOSE was defeated by THOUGHT POLICE in a action packed 5 minute duel.
COAST 2 COAST was overpowered by TOURS in a 1 minute one-sided match.
PRINCESS HOYT was overpowered by CARNIFERN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
HANDY ROYTT was overpowered by A JACKED UP TRUCK in a 1 minute uneven bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  15         BASHING ATTACK    34 -  28 -  5      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                  10         STRIKING ATTACK   39 -  33 -  5      54  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         TOTAL PARRY       42 -  36 -  0      54  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  18 -  2      54  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    7         AIMED BLOW        36 -  35 -  1      51  |
|AIMED BLOW                       6         LUNGING ATTACK    74 -  76 -  4      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  28 -  3      48  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     32 -  38 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         PARRY-LUNGE       13 -  23 -  1      36  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -  13 -  0      28  |

Turn 303 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  2         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  4         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  7         2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -  3                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     8 -  7                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         3 -  3                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     5 -  5                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      MUTANT CAMEL 2678          27  17  0  111 THE COMMODORES (150)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    BENJAMIN 2905              21  14  0  106 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
BASHING ATTACK   DANTE 3002                 12  10  2  101 DARQUE AGES (29)
SLASHING ATTACK  MARTIAL SLAW 2954          18  12  0   93 OTTO'S DINER (96)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE LEPER'S HAND 2940      16  15  0   83 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
STRIKING ATTACK  KUSHNUMAH 3034              9   5  0   72 PRAY THE GODS (155)
AIMED BLOW       RISHVI 3045                 9   3  0   66 PRAY THE GODS (155)
PARRY-LUNGE      RED DOG 2878               13  10  0   55 INEBRIATION (27)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SOWER MOOD 2942.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MISO HONEY 3057.  The ten other most popular fighters were STARVING ARTIST 2956, 
DANTE 3002, LORD BRITISH 3095, SPECIAL PURPOSE 3033, KUSHNUMAH 3034, LON PEPER 3103, 
TOMAHAWK 3055, POETRY SLAM 3017, SILPA 3022, and AOS 3127.

The least popular fighter this week was XENOPHOBE 3087.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MEATWOOD FLACK 3070, PINK SQUIRREL 3082, HANDY ROYTT 3132, PRINCESS 
HOYT 3125, COAST 2 COAST 3080, NPR 3061, MERCURY 3074, TERMINATOR 3086, RUTU PARNA 
3014, and EVON 3067.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

MUTANT CAMEL (81-2678) THE COMMODORES (150)
BENJAMIN (81-2905) WICKED MARTYRS (148)

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                    MASTER REAPER (84-16223) of DEVIL DOGS (2867)
                   YOU'RE NOT HIM (84-32911) of 115TH DREAM (5771)
                MATT THE HAT (84-44616) of NAMED BY MARK XXVII (7747)
                       15 PANCAKES (84-48889) of REVIEW (8406)
                        LINT (85-8426) of IT'S TEMPE XX (1536)

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes