DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/25/2019    Duedate: 10/08/2019

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-329

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CROTLEY MOO
DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
(81-3071) [21-12-2,136]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CROTLEY MOO                    BLACK DEATH
DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)           PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
(81-3071) [21-12-2,136]        (81-3276) [1-1-0,18]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

CROTLEY MOO                    LON PEPER
DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)           OHS ALUMNI (183)
(81-3071) [21-12-2,136]        (81-3103) [16-16-0,77]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OAKLEAF (184)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. DARQUE AGES (29)            40
2. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        40      CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
3. PRAY THE GODS (155)         38      Unchartered Team
4. LITERATE LOONS (40)         21
5. DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)        20      PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      675 534 22 55.8   1/ 2 OAKLEAF (184)            11  4 2
 2/ 3 DARQUE AGES (29)         736 658 33 52.8   2/ 1 DARQUE AGES (29)         11  4 1
 3/ 4 THE COMMODORES (150)     295 272  9 52.0   3/ 5 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      9  6 0
 4/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      584 548 22 51.6   4/ 6 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       8  5 1
 5/ 6 PRAY THE GODS (155)      268 256 18 51.1   5/ 8 PRAY THE GODS (155)       8  6 0
 6/ 7 OTTO'S DINER (96)        666 649 36 50.6   6/10 LITERATE LOONS (40)       8  7 0
 7/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     362 363 14 49.9   7/ 4 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   7  8 0
 8/ 8 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  140 142 12 49.6   8/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       6  4 0
 9/10 OAKLEAF (184)             53  55  5 49.1   9/13 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      6  9 1
10/11 OHS ALUMNI (183)          76  83  7 47.8  10/ 9 INEBRIATION (27)          6  9 0
11/13 LITERATE LOONS (40)      477 542 20 46.8  11/11 OTTO'S DINER (96)         5 10 0
12/12 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      79  90  2 46.7  12/ 7 OHS ALUMNI (183)          5 10 0
13/14 INEBRIATION (27)         252 377 19 40.1  13/12*PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)      3  7 1
14/ 1*PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)       3   7  1 30.0  14/14 THE COMMODORES (150)      3 12 1

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, Warriors of SHADOWSPIRE.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Nothing is certain 
in SHADOWSPIRE, with changing loyalties, changing Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new 
top team--OAKLEAF.  CLAN LONGBEARD after a sorry 2-3-0 might want to consider 
abandoning the sands and taking up singing the 'Can't fight no more' blues!  What's a 
move up by 4 you ask?  (alright, maybe you didn't ask)  Cause for celebration, 
according to LITERATE LOONS.  Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, 
but WICKED MARTYRS will tell you 362-363-14 is nothing to laugh at...  Duelmaster 
RISHVI from PRAY THE GODS is going for the gold, as she challenged INEBRIATION's 
ALASKAN AMBER.  Ooh, the excitement!  ALASKAN AMBER found out that SHADOWSPIRE isn't 
a democracy.  You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here!  Word has it one team 
in SHADOWSPIRE is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  I'll 
bet it works.   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from 
the lion, so did the "warriors" in SHADOWSPIRE avoid INEBRIATION.  The warriors of 
INEBRIATION found their efforts at combat frustrated as PLAGUE WRAITHS apparently had 
more important things to do than fight.  Is it charming personality?  Conversational 
abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, SAMUEL BECKETT is the most challenged 
warrior.  Do my ears deceive me?  KRYPTONITE (outclassed by 33 points) challenged 
CROTLEY MOO, in what promises to be a fight.(!) CROTLEY MOO had a quite go of it, 
putting KRYPTONITE in his place.  ANDY SKILDOM challenged HOT POCKET!  Who says OHS 
ALUMNI are just a bunch of wimps!  ANDY SKILDOM of OHS ALUMNI kept its wits as it 
bested HOT POCKET.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Death in the arena!  In a cheap quest for a cheap victory, MILEY faced 
YERSINIA in an uneven fight.  PLAGUE WRAITHS, we expect bloody revenge!  Never one to 
advocate diplomacy and restraint, I was pleased to see DARQUE AGES retaliate against 
OAKLEAF in bloodfeud!  Charity is unknown in SHADOWSPIRE, and rightly so.  WICKED 
MARTYRS exacted their revenge against PLAGUE WRAITHS.  Ask not for whom the sword 
slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     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 SHADOWSPIRE farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CROTLEY MOO 3071             21  12  2   136       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GINSU 3181                   12   9  1   103       OAKLEAF (184)
 FLYING TURTLE 3201           11   6  1    91       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALASKAN AMBER 3060           25  13  0    89       INEBRIATION (27)
 EVON 3067                    20  17  0    87       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 KRYPTONITE 3149              13  11  1    86       OAKLEAF (184)
 PRETTY PETUNIA 3130          16  10  1    84       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 FRAID NOUGHT 3172            10  12  2    83       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 PAVIL 2270                   21  11  0    82       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 PRINCESS HOYT 3125           13  15  2    80       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 LON PEPER 3103               16  16  0    77       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 WHING 2890                   14   6  0    76       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 TUMMY TUM TUM 3223            7   5  0    74       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 ASASHI 3173                  11   9  0    70       PRAY THE GODS (155)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MEATWOOD FLACK 3070          16  18  0    66       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 INNOCENT III 3204            10   7  0    66       DARQUE AGES (29)
 SUSIE STEFFEN 3139           14  12  1    65       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 WHAM! 3183                   11   8  1    65       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 JAMIE BARTON 3166             8  14  3    62       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 WHATEVS 3218                  7   3  1    58       OAKLEAF (184)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MILEY 3249                    6   3  2    58       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 BAT PENATAR 3075             12  21  0    57       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 LEPER'S OTHER HAND 3171      10  11  0    57       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 ALICE MUNRO 3224              8   6  0    57       LITERATE LOONS (40)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VITRIOL 3219                  8   7  0    53       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 ANDY SKILDOM 3239             7   4  0    53       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 PENGO 3202                    4   5  1    53       THE COMMODORES (150)
 SLACK BABBATH 3162            9  10  0    46       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 TOM STOPPARD 3198            12   6  0    44       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 CASTILLON 3268                4   0  0    43       DARQUE AGES (29)
 BOUVINES 3265                 5   0  0    40       DARQUE AGES (29)
 TARLEE 2891                   9  11  0    38       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 JOHN DONNE 3214               7   9  0    34       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 HOT POCKET 3242               5   6  1    34       OTTO'S DINER (96)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAMUEL BECKETT 3225           6   8  2    33       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 QWINN 2958                    8   5  1    32       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 PERVIS LESLEY 3178            6  11  0    31       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 FATTY MCFATFAT 3229           7   6  1    30       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 MR. WEEMS 3193                5   5  0    27       THE COMMODORES (150)
 INCUBUS 3245                  3   3  0    26       OAKLEAF (184)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KORBEL 3236                   5   7  1    23       INEBRIATION (27)
 SUMMIT SAGA 3261              3   2  0    20       INEBRIATION (27)
 WHIRLED PEAS 3283             2   0  0    19       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 BLACK DEATH 3276              1   1  0    18       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 RICKY BOBBY 3262              3   2  1    17       OAKLEAF (184)
 JAMES DICKEY 3250             3   6  0    17       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 ST. BONAVENTURE 3272          3   0  1    16       DARQUE AGES (29)
 YOSHA 3264                    2   1  0    16       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 WROTHGARR 3248                3   6  0    15       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 ULMANN 3252                   3   4  0    13       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 PRINCE HOYT 3263              3   2  0    11       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 MAGE DAN 3286                 1   0  0     7       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 HARSH 3285                    1   0  0     6       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 THE EIDOLON 3288              1   0  0     6       THE COMMODORES (150)
 GEMINI CROQUETTE 3282         1   1  0     6       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 EPIDEMIC 3277                 1   1  0     4       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 TYPHUS 3273                   0   2  0     4       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 HARD MIKE 3270                0   4  0     4       INEBRIATION (27)
 PANDEMIC 3274                 0   2  0     2       PLAGUE WRAITHS (185)
 ATAXX 3290                    0   1  0     1       THE COMMODORES (150)
 HAWKWOOD 3293                 0   1  0     1       DARQUE AGES (29)
 VEAL OSCAR 3294               0   1  0     1       OTTO'S DINER (96)

'-' 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  JUST REVENGED
HASTINGS 3230           6  3 1 DARQUE AGES 29       PRINCESS HOYT 3125    325  REVENGED
WHITE CLAW 3269         0  4 0 INEBRIATION 27       RICKY BOBBY 3262      329   
JEFF THOMAS 3258        1  1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       SAMUEL BECKETT 3225   325  REVENGED
PAPPA LENNY 3287        0  1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       ST. BONAVENTURE 3272  329   
CHILLY MC-BASS 3251     2  7 0 OTTO'S DINER 96      WURM KIN              329  NONE
YERSINIA 3275           1  1 1 PLAGUE WRAITHS 185   MILEY 3249            329   
BOB 3289                0  1 0 THE COMMODORES 150   HIGH ELF              329  NONE
FLINT KNIFE 3186        6  4 0 THE COMMODORES 150   PRETTY PETUNIA 3130   327   
PENOM 3284              0  1 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   YERSINIA 3275         328  JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CHILLY MC-BASS was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BOB was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
PENGO was handily defeated by PRETTY PETUNIA in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud match.
MILEY dispatched YERSINIA in a 1 minute bloody Bloodfeud brawl.
INNOCENT III overpowered WHATEVS in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
RISHVI devastated ALASKAN AMBER in a popular 4 minute bloody uneven Challenge brawl.
KRYPTONITE was overpowered by CROTLEY MOO in a 1 minute Challenge Title brawl.
SUSIE STEFFEN was overpowered by EVON in a 2 minute gruesome uneven Challenge melee.
GINSU vanquished FRAID NOUGHT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
FLYING TURTLE vanquished ASASHI in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
TUMMY TUM TUM overpowered MEATWOOD FLACK in a 3 minute uneven Challenge match.
BAT PENATAR was savagely defeated by JAMIE BARTON in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
VITRIOL devastated FATTY MCFATFAT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
ANDY SKILDOM demolished HOT POCKET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
WROTHGARR was overcome by SUMMIT SAGA in a 1 minute Challenge conflict.
EPIDEMIC was overpowered by INCUBUS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
YOSHA won victory over PRINCE HOYT in a 4 minute novice's Challenge fray.
BLACK DEATH was unbelievably bested by SAMUEL BECKETT in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
TYPHUS was luckily beaten by KORBEL in a 3 minute novice vs. veteran Challenge bout.
WHITE CLAW was put to death by RICKY BOBBY in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
HARD MIKE was overpowered by WHIRLED PEAS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
PAVIL subdued LON PEPER in a action packed 4 minute expert's bout.
WHAM! was overcome by WHING in a popular 1 minute contest.
PRINCESS HOYT demolished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
LEPER'S OTHER HAND overpowered TARLEE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
TOM STOPPARD narrowly defeated PERVIS LESLEY in a action packed 5 minute match.
SLACK BABBATH savagely defeated MR. WEEMS in a action packed 3 minute gory duel.
QWINN was handily defeated by ALICE MUNRO in a action packed 4 minute mismatched bout.
BOUVINES overpowered JAMES DICKEY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CASTILLON handily defeated CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
JOHN DONNE defeated ULMANN in a 2 minute brutal fight.
ST. BONAVENTURE killed PAPPA LENNY in a 1 minute beginner's bout.
PANDEMIC was subdued by MAGE DAN in a 2 minute beginner's contest.
GEMINI CROQUETTE defeated ATAXX in a 2 minute novice's struggle.
THE EIDOLON subdued VEAL OSCAR in a 2 minute novice's struggle.
HARSH overcame HAWKWOOD in a 2 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 12         PARRY-LUNGE       19 -   9 -  1      68  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                  11         AIMED BLOW        32 -  21 -  2      60  |
|AIMED BLOW                       8         SLASHING ATTACK   44 -  42 -  8      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  8         STRIKING ATTACK   46 -  45 -  4      51  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  42 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     11 -  12 -  0      48  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         BASHING ATTACK    36 -  42 -  3      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  31 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  30 -  0      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -  17 -  1      37  |

Turn 329 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 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  7         4  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         5 -  3     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  4         2  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  5     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  4         1  BASHING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  4                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  4                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   CROTLEY MOO 3071           21  12  2  136 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
SLASHING ATTACK  GINSU 3181                 12   9  1  103 OAKLEAF (184)
TOTAL PARRY      ALASKAN AMBER 3060         25  13  0   89 INEBRIATION (27)
WALL OF STEEL    EVON 3067                  20  17  0   87 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PARRY-LUNGE      PRETTY PETUNIA 3130        16  10  1   84 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
LUNGING ATTACK   WHING 2890                 14   6  0   76 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
AIMED BLOW       TUMMY TUM TUM 3223          7   5  0   74 PRAY THE GODS (155)
STRIKING ATTACK  WHATEVS 3218                7   3  1   58 OAKLEAF (184)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    ALICE MUNRO 3224            8   6  0   57 LITERATE LOONS (40)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is CROTLEY MOO 3071.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was LON PEPER 3103.  The ten other most popular fighters were TYPHUS 3273, SLACK 
BABBATH 3162, ALICE MUNRO 3224, TOM STOPPARD 3198, PERVIS LESLEY 3178, MR. WEEMS 
3193, ATAXX 3290, TUMMY TUM TUM 3223, JAMIE BARTON 3166, and YOSHA 3264.

The least popular fighter this week was PRINCE HOYT 3263.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were VEAL OSCAR 3294, PAPPA LENNY 3287, JAMES DICKEY 3250, TARLEE 
2891, HARD MIKE 3270, WHITE CLAW 3269, WROTHGARR 3248, HOT POCKET 3242, MEATWOOD 
FLACK 3070, and FRAID NOUGHT 3172.

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

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