DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/11/2019    Duedate: 09/24/2019

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-328

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RISHVI
PRAY THE GODS (155)
(81-3045) [23-11-2,152]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RISHVI                         BLACK DEATH
PRAY THE GODS (155)            PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
(81-3045) [23-11-2,152]        (81-3276) [1-0-0,20]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

RISHVI                         JAMES DICKEY
PRAY THE GODS (155)            LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3045) [23-11-2,152]        (81-3250) [3-5-0,24]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DARQUE AGES (29)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)        43
2. OHS ALUMNI (183)            34      CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
3. OAKLEAF (184)               29      Unchartered Team
4. CULT OF BACCHUS (4)         27
5. LITERATE LOONS (40)         23      PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)       3   2  1 60.0   1/ 1 DARQUE AGES (29)         12  3 0
 2/ 1 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      673 533 22 55.8   2/ 3 OAKLEAF (184)            11  4 1
 3/ 2 DARQUE AGES (29)         732 657 32 52.7   3- 4 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       8  2 0
 4/ 3 THE COMMODORES (150)     294 268  9 52.3   4/ 2 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   7  7 0
 5- 4 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      582 545 22 51.6   5/ 9 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      7  7 0
 6/ 5 PRAY THE GODS (155)      264 255 18 50.9   6/10 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       7  8 1
 7/ 6 OTTO'S DINER (96)        664 646 36 50.7   7/ 6 OHS ALUMNI (183)          7  8 0
 8/ 7 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  138 139 12 49.8   8/11 PRAY THE GODS (155)       6  7 0
 9/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     358 362 13 49.7   9/ 5 INEBRIATION (27)          6  9 0
10/10 OAKLEAF (184)             50  53  4 48.5  10/ 7 LITERATE LOONS (40)       6  9 0
11/ 9 OHS ALUMNI (183)          74  80  7 48.1  11/ 8 OTTO'S DINER (96)         6  9 0
12/12 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      77  87  2 47.0  12/ 0*PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)      3  2 1
13/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      473 541 20 46.6  13/12 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      3 12 0
14/13 INEBRIATION (27)         250 374 19 40.1  14/13 THE COMMODORES (150)      2  8 1

    '*'   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.

     Well.  I've been a bit delinquent in commenting from the throne.
     A few turns back, Poo Shower made some ill-advised comment about being 
Shadowspire's best aimed blow.  We saw how THAT worked out for him.  Since then, 
Im'Bord has proven to be a fun practice dummy.  I thought it was pretty funny when he 
shouted "My gods shall protect me."  We sort of have the patent on that particular 
aspect of things.
     I'm gunning for I'll Ask An Amber Ale this turn and, thus, avoiding other 
proximate opponents.
     If I manage to retain the throne, I should have the pleasure of receiving an 
ambassador from the Isle to provide me the particulars of my admission.  If not, than 
hopefully I'll still be on the correct side of the terra firma.
     Clan Longbeard, welcome back.
     Dense, you're still an idiot.

                                          -- Rishvi

                                      SPY REPORT

What's up, ya bums of Shadowspire?  Yeah, I'm a little grouchy on this glorious fight 
day.  We are supposed to be in the final days of summer.  You know, when the heat is 
supposed to get less oppressive than an Andorian's honor!  Yeah, no such luck.  My 
eyeballs are sweating over here!  Sheesh, let's get on with this spy report before my 
inkwell dries up.

Rishvi was happy to win the Duelmaster's throne last turn.  Or I assume was happy to 
win it.  Gladiators still like that kind of stuff, don't they?  Whether she liked it 
or not, she won last turn!  She also had the opportunity to defend the throne this 
turn against anyone brave enough to challenge her.  I guess being challenged by her is 
an option too.  Have I mentioned how hot it is out here?  Hard to think at the moment!  
Anyway, Fraid Nought challenged our Duelmistress and lost.  It wasn't a one-sided 
fight, but it was over in a minute.  So many jokes running through my head right now, 
but even with a possible sunstroke, I know better than to put them in this report!  
Congrats to Rishvi for defending the throne.  She is managed by Vlad.

The most avoided team for the turn is Cult of Bacchus.  They send two warriors off to 
the Isle after today's fights, so it is easy to see why someone would want to avoid 
them.  They were avoided mostly by Pray the Gods.  This is apparently a Pray the Gods 
spy report because I keep mentioning them.  The guild also had the turn's most 
challenged warrior in Tummy Tum Tum.  He got a challenge from Big Lake Solution's 
Leper's Other Hand.  Like the title fight, this one goes to Pray the Gods as well.  It 
lasted 3-minutes and the crowd loved it!

I am hot and bothered, but I do not want to miss the chance to welcome our newest team 
-- Plague Wraiths!  They are managed by Leviathan, a returning manager, so let's make 
him feel welcome in Shadowspire!  M'Lord and Alistar leave us for bigger and immortal 
things, fighting their last bouts in our glorious arena.  They will be joined by 
Rishvi after next turn!  You read that right, our Duelmistress is now a Lord 
Protector!  Congrats one again to Rishvi!

Darque Ages is the top team again at 12-3-0.  Oakleaf is in a good position to 
overtake them next turn after going 4-1.  Clan Longbeard is inactive and still better 
than most of the arena!  Big Lake Solution drops 2 spots after a 2-3 effort.  Dyslexic 
Music and Cult of Bacchus finish out the top 5 active teams.  They tie for the turn's 
largest gain with both climbing 4 spots in the ranks.  The largest drop, 4 spots, goes 
to Inebriation.

Alright, I have taken all I can stand!  I'm outta here and if the temperature isn't 
any better next cycle, Phineas can write this report himself!  Rishvi is gone, so we 
will be crowning a new champion next turn!  Which one of the bums from the Challenger 
Champions is going to step up and take it?  A basher, a slasher, a total parry, and a 
waste walk into a veritable wall of blades... I'll stop, you've probably heard it 
before.  Okay, I'm out of here!

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RISHVI 3045                  23  11  2   152       PRAY THE GODS (155)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CROTLEY MOO 3071             20  12  2   125       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 FRAID NOUGHT 3172            10  11  2    98       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 ALASKAN AMBER 3060           25  12  0    94       INEBRIATION (27)
 KRYPTONITE 3149              13  10  1    92       OAKLEAF (184)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GINSU 3181                   11   9  1    87       OAKLEAF (184)
 LON PEPER 3103               16  15  0    81       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 PRETTY PETUNIA 3130          15  10  1    80       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 ASASHI 3173                  11   8  0    79       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 FLYING TURTLE 3201           10   6  1    79       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 WHATEVS 3218                  7   2  1    78       OAKLEAF (184)
 EVON 3067                    19  17  0    74       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SUSIE STEFFEN 3139           14  11  1    74       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 WHAM! 3183                   11   7  1    73       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
-PAVIL 2270                   20  11  0    71       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 MEATWOOD FLACK 3070          16  17  0    67       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 PRINCESS HOYT 3125           12  15  2    67       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WHING 2890                   13   6  0    64       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 TUMMY TUM TUM 3223            6   5  0    59       PRAY THE GODS (155)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BAT PENATAR 3075             12  20  0    56       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 INNOCENT III 3204             9   7  0    56       DARQUE AGES (29)
 JAMIE BARTON 3166             7  14  3    56       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 MILEY 3249                    5   3  1    56       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 PENGO 3202                    4   4  1    55       THE COMMODORES (150)
 HOT POCKET 3242               5   5  1    53       OTTO'S DINER (96)
-TARLEE 2891                   9  10  0    52       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 FATTY MCFATFAT 3229           7   5  1    46       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 LEPER'S OTHER HAND 3171       9  11  0    42       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
-QWINN 2958                    8   4  1    42       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 ALICE MUNRO 3224              7   6  0    41       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 SLACK BABBATH 3162            8  10  0    40       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 TOM STOPPARD 3198            11   6  0    39       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 VITRIOL 3219                  7   7  0    35       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANDY SKILDOM 3239             6   4  0    33       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 JOHN DONNE 3214               6   9  0    32       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 BOUVINES 3265                 4   0  0    32       DARQUE AGES (29)
 PERVIS LESLEY 3178            6  10  0    28       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 SAMUEL BECKETT 3225           5   8  2    28       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 MR. WEEMS 3193                5   4  0    28       THE COMMODORES (150)
 CASTILLON 3268                3   0  0    26       DARQUE AGES (29)
 JAMES DICKEY 3250             3   5  0    24       LITERATE LOONS (40)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KORBEL 3236                   4   7  1    20       INEBRIATION (27)
 BLACK DEATH 3276              1   0  0    20       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUMMIT SAGA 3261              2   2  0    16       INEBRIATION (27)
 INCUBUS 3245                  2   3  0    15       OAKLEAF (184)
 WROTHGARR 3248                3   5  0    14       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 RICKY BOBBY 3262              2   2  0    14       OAKLEAF (184)
-ULMANN 3252                   3   3  0    12       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 CHILLY MC-BASS 3251           2   6  0    12       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 ST. BONAVENTURE 3272          2   0  0    12       DARQUE AGES (29)
 YERSINIA 3275                 1   0  1    11       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 PRINCE HOYT 3263              3   1  0    10       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 WHIRLED PEAS 3283             1   0  0    10       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 EPIDEMIC 3277                 1   0  0    10       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 YOSHA 3264                    1   1  0     8       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 WHITE CLAW 3269               0   3  0     3       INEBRIATION (27)
 HARD MIKE 3270                0   3  0     3       INEBRIATION (27)
 TYPHUS 3273                   0   1  0     1       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 GEMINI CROQUETTE 3282         0   1  0     1       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 PANDEMIC 3274                 0   1  0     1       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CRECY 3259              3  1 0 DARQUE AGES 29       WHATEVS 3218          327   
HASTINGS 3230           6  3 1 DARQUE AGES 29       PRINCESS HOYT 3125    325  REVENGED
MACE 3281               0  1 0 DARQUE AGES 29       SHEWISH GIANT         328  NONE
OMAR KAYYAM 3158        9 10 0 DARQUE AGES 29       FLYING TURTLE 3201    324  NOT REVENGED
3-DAY HANGOVER 3240     2  4 1 INEBRIATION 27       HAMBURGER PATTI 3247  324  REVENGED
TWO-HEARTED AL 3256     0  2 0 INEBRIATION 27       MILEY 3249            324  JUST REVENGED
DA1 3278                0  1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       DARK CHAMPION         328  NONE
JEFF THOMAS 3258        1  1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       SAMUEL BECKETT 3225   325  REVENGED
OREGANO TRAIL 3255      2  4 0 OTTO'S DINER 96      HIGH ELF              328  NONE
BEASTFU 3220            3  3 2 THE COMMODORES 150   STONE GOLEM           328  NONE
FLINT KNIFE 3186        6  4 0 THE COMMODORES 150   PRETTY PETUNIA 3130   327   
YAY 3 WILL 3279         0  1 0 THE COMMODORES 150   MOUNTAIN TROLL        328  NONE
YAY 3 WILL TOO 3280     0  1 0 THE COMMODORES 150   STONE GOLEM           328  NONE
PENOM 3284              0  1 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   YERSINIA 3275         328   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BEASTFU was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
OREGANO TRAIL was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
YAY 3 WILL was put to death by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
YAY 3 WILL TOO was slain by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
MACE was dealt death by SHEWISH GIANT in a popular 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
DA1 was killed by DARK CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena competition.
ALASKAN AMBER won victory over MILEY in a 2 minute mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
INNOCENT III was devastated by WHATEVS in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud competition.
PENGO was overcome by PRETTY PETUNIA in a 2 minute Bloodfeud melee.
FRAID NOUGHT lost to RISHVI in a popular 1 minute expert's Challenge Title duel.
SUSIE STEFFEN was viciously subdued by GINSU in a 2 minute gory Challenge duel.
FLYING TURTLE was defeated by KRYPTONITE in a 2 minute Challenge match.
ASASHI was handily defeated by CROTLEY MOO in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
PRINCESS HOYT demolished TOM STOPPARD in a 1 minute bloody mismatched Challenge match.
MEATWOOD FLACK bested JAMIE BARTON in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge battle.
LEPER'S OTHER HAND was bested by TUMMY TUM TUM in a 3 minute Challenge bout.
CHILLY MC-BASS was overcome by MR. WEEMS in a action packed 2 minute Challenge fight.
ANDY SKILDOM overpowered RICKY BOBBY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge struggle.
WROTHGARR was handily defeated by BOUVINES in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
YOSHA was devastated by VITRIOL in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
INCUBUS demolished HARD MIKE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
ALISTAR overpowered KHALHUMS DWARF in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched fight.
M'LORD overpowered VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 1 minute gory uneven fight.
EVON was handily defeated by LON PEPER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven duel.
HOT POCKET was overpowered by WHAM! in a 1 minute one-sided match.
PERVIS LESLEY was overpowered by FATTY MCFATFAT in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
SLACK BABBATH savagely defeated SAMUEL BECKETT in a 2 minute brutal bout.
BAT PENATAR won victory over JOHN DONNE in a 1 minute bout.
KORBEL was vanquished by ALICE MUNRO in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided fray.
JAMES DICKEY savagely defeated PRINCE HOYT in a action packed 4 minute competition.
SUMMIT SAGA overpowered TYPHUS in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
CASTILLON overpowered WHITE CLAW in a 1 minute one-sided match.
ST. BONAVENTURE narrowly defeated GEMINI CROQUETTE in a 3 minute novice's fight.
EPIDEMIC overcame PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute amateur's match.
BLACK DEATH vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
YERSINIA murdered PENOM in a 1 minute mismatched match.
PANDEMIC was overpowered by WHIRLED PEAS in a 1 minute one-sided fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 11         AIMED BLOW        30 -  21 -  2      59  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                 11         PARRY-LUNGE       17 -  12 -  1      59  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         SLASHING ATTACK   44 -  41 -  7      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         STRIKING ATTACK   44 -  42 -  3      51  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   7         LUNGING ATTACK    40 -  41 -  0      49  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         WALL OF STEEL     28 -  29 -  0      49  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         TOTAL PARRY       25 -  27 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     10 -  12 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         BASHING ATTACK    35 -  44 -  3      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -  18 -  1      36  |

Turn 328 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        2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    5 -  6         3  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  6         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  5         1  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         4 -  3                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  5                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      3 -  3                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       RISHVI 3045                23  11  2  152 PRAY THE GODS (155)
BASHING ATTACK   CROTLEY MOO 3071           20  12  2  125 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
TOTAL PARRY      ALASKAN AMBER 3060         25  12  0   94 INEBRIATION (27)
WALL OF STEEL    KRYPTONITE 3149            13  10  1   92 OAKLEAF (184)
SLASHING ATTACK  GINSU 3181                 11   9  1   87 OAKLEAF (184)
LUNGING ATTACK   LON PEPER 3103             16  15  0   81 OHS ALUMNI (183)
PARRY-LUNGE      PRETTY PETUNIA 3130        15  10  1   80 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
STRIKING ATTACK  WHATEVS 3218                7   2  1   78 OAKLEAF (184)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ALICE MUNRO 3224            7   6  0   41 LITERATE LOONS (40)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is RISHVI 3045.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
JAMES DICKEY 3250.  The ten other most popular fighters were ST. BONAVENTURE 3272, 
LEPER'S OTHER HAND 3171, MILEY 3249, MR. WEEMS 3193, GINSU 3181, TUMMY TUM TUM 3223, 
SLACK BABBATH 3162, BEASTFU 3220, YAY 3 WILL TOO 3280, and RISHVI 3045.

The least popular fighter this week was PANDEMIC 3274.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were PENOM 3284, EPIDEMIC 3277, WHITE CLAW 3269, KORBEL 3236, PERVIS LESLEY 
3178, HOT POCKET 3242, EVON 3067, HARD MIKE 3270, WROTHGARR 3248, and RICKY BOBBY 
3262.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

RISHVI (81-3045) PRAY THE GODS (155)

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

M'LORD (81-2959) CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
ALISTAR (81-3037) CULT OF BACCHUS (4)