DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/01/2020    Duedate: 07/14/2020

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-349

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PRETTY PETUNIA
CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
(81-3130) [28-18-1,152]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PRETTY PETUNIA                 ANGRIST
CULT OF BACCHUS (4)            MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
(81-3130) [28-18-1,152]        (81-3400) [3-0-1,32]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

VITRIOL                        JUMANJI
WICKED MARTYRS (148)           OAKLEAF (184)
(81-3219) [17-18-0,91]         (81-3344) [7-5-0,50]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        43
2. CULT OF BACCHUS (4)         42      CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
3. LITERATE LOONS (40)         37      Unchartered Team
4. PRAY THE GODS (155)         31
5. THE COMMODORES (150)        29      MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       11   4  2 73.3   1/ 7*MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      11  4 2
 2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      726 578 23 55.7   2/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       8  5 1
 3/ 3 KILL 'EM ALL (173)       166 143 14 53.7   3/ 1 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   8  7 0
 4/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29)         792 699 33 53.1   4/ 2 OHS ALUMNI (183)          8  7 0
 5/ 6 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      629 588 24 51.7   5/ 4 DARQUE AGES (29)          7  7 0
 6/ 7 THE COMMODORES (150)     336 315 11 51.6   6/10 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      7  7 0
 7- 8 RODENT CLAN (37)         194 183 11 51.5   7/11 INEBRIATION (27)          7  8 2
 8/ 9 PRAY THE GODS (155)      307 296 21 50.9   8/ 9 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       7  8 0
 9/11 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     414 408 18 50.4   9/13 KILL 'EM ALL (173)        7  8 0
10/10 OAKLEAF (184)            104 103  6 50.2  10/15 OAKLEAF (184)             7  8 0
11/12 OTTO'S DINER (96)        709 706 43 50.1  11- 5 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)      6  4 0
12/13 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  188 192 16 49.5  12/16 LITERATE LOONS (40)       6  9 1
13/14 OHS ALUMNI (183)         119 138  9 46.3  13/12 PRAY THE GODS (155)       5  5 0
14/15 LITERATE LOONS (40)      514 600 24 46.1  14/ 8 OTTO'S DINER (96)         5 10 1
15-16 DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)     119 140  7 45.9  15/14 THE COMMODORES (150)      3  4 1
16/ 4*3 PUGS (187)               8  11  0 42.1  16/ 6*3 PUGS (187)              3 11 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
17/17 INEBRIATION (27)         294 430 23 40.6  17-17 RODENT CLAN (37)          2  2 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 the Big House!  I know that means prison for some of you villains, but 
I mean Shadowspire!  You know, the great jewel of the no tourney arenas?  Of course, 
you know this!  Why else would you be here?  Silly question and I am certain some of 
your answers would frighten me, so keep them to yourselves!  Let's look and see what 
happened in our glorious arena this turn.

No personal ad, no Duelmaster's address, and a no-show to the arena! This is not what 
being Duelmaster is about, but this is exactly what we got from Meatwood Flack!  Sure, 
he is off to the Isle and can't be bothered by us little people any longer, but show 
some respect!  Our title fight came down to Pretty Petunia and Bouvines.  Petunia was 
the highest-ranked warrior going into the turn, so all she had to do was hold onto 
that distinction.  She did it with gusto, beating Bouvines and claiming the throne.  
She also got an invite to the Isle, which probably just capped the fight for our girl!  
Congrats Pretty Petunia on the Duelmaster's title and immortality!  I will say that we 
expect you to be here next cycle and expect a Duelmaster's column too!

Big Lake Solution is the most avoided team for the turn.  They were mostly avoided by 
the newly returned Kill 'Em All.  I typically say all of this avoiding is just 
paranoia at work, but perhaps Weirdo isn't TOO crazy after all since Leeroy Jenkins is 
this turn's more challenged warrior.  Leeroy was challenged by the higher-ranked 
Ridwan.  The fight took 5 minutes, but Leeroy Jenkins was able to overcome his 
opponent and improve to a 6-1 record.

More than a few managers were disappointed after today's fights.  I do not think 
anyone felt worse than Chad.  He lost two warriors this turn.  Chris Kohler challenged 
down 14 points to fight Mandroid, and we will just say this was a horrible idea!  It 
only took 1 minute and Chris didn't even know what hit him before falling down dead 
into the sands.  Next, Marcia Lyons posted a challenge too.  This one was up, but it 
didn't matter!  The outcome was the same.  Roxstar killed Marcia, and while it was not 
as one-sided as her teammate's fight, dead is still dead.  Pray the Gods may need to 
rework their offerings a bit as Sapna died today also.  It was a blood feud from 
Literate Loons, so perhaps the offerings were fine and the gods were just angry at 
Sapna.

Mirkwood Orcs continue their rise in the arena and take over the top spot!  Cult of 
Bacchus rises to 2nd place, while our former top team, Big Lake Solution, slips into 
3rd.  Despite losing 2 warriors this turn, OHS Alumni rises in the ranks to 4th.  
Darque Ages drop one to finish out our top 5.  Mirkwood Orcs had the largest gain for 
turn 349, and Otto's Diner, who fell 6 spots, had the largest loss.

That brings my time here to an end!  I'll see you bums next turn.  We are sure to have 
a new Duelmaster since Pretty Petunia will be waving goodbye.  There are still lots of 
warriors in the Challenger Champions, so I do not even have a good guess about who 
will slip into the big chair.  Come back to the Big House next turn and find out!

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRETTY PETUNIA 3130          28  18  1   152       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TUMMY TUM TUM 3223           16  13  0   115       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 PAVIL 2270                   31  18  0   111       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-PERVIS LESLEY 3178           15  20  2   110       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 MANDROID 3295                11   9  1   102       THE COMMODORES (150)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUSIE STEFFEN 3139           23  23  2    99       OHS ALUMNI (183)
-SLACK BABBATH 3162           19  18  1    94       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 ANDY SKILDOM 3239            17  14  1    94       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 BOUVINES 3265                19   6  0    93       DARQUE AGES (29)
 VITRIOL 3219                 17  18  0    91       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BAT PENATAR 3075             19  32  1    90       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
-MICE AND DICE 1247           11   4  1    90       RODENT CLAN (37)
 QWINN 2958                   20  10  3    89       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 TARLEE 2891                  18  19  0    89       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 TERMINATOR 3086              12   8  2    79       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 ROXSTAR 3301                  8  10  1    74       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 JOHN DONNE 3214              17  18  0    73       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 WROTHGARR 3248               14  15  0    73       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 HOTTER POCKET 3305           11   8  1    69       OTTO'S DINER (96)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAGE DAN 3286                12   9  1    66       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SAMUEL BECKETT 3225          13  20  3    63       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 I'M DRUNK 3337                7   6  0    63       INEBRIATION (27)
 GEMINI CROQUETTE 3282        11  11  2    61       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 DISVENYA 3314                 8   6  0    60       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 RAT CATCHER 3079             15   6  0    59       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 ZLATA 3368                    5   3  1    59       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 IMTEP SNARLJAW 3328           7   7  0    58       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRINCE HOYT 3263             15  10  0    56       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 WALKEN 3318                   7   8  0    56       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 SUMMIT SAGA 3261             14  10  0    53       INEBRIATION (27)
 JAMES DICKEY 3250            12  16  1    53       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 JUMANJI 3344                  7   5  0    50       OAKLEAF (184)
 YOSHA 3264                   10  10  1    47       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 TOMAHAWK 3055                10  13  1    44       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 LEEROY JENKINS 3177           6   1  0    44       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
-MIM JORRISON 3308             5  11  1    40       DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
 RIDWAN 3341                   5   5  1    37       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 DOGPILE 3145                  7   3  1    36       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 ABRASIVE 3408                 3   0  2    36       INEBRIATION (27)
 RUSTON 3311                   7  10  0    35       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANGRIST 3400                  3   0  1    32       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 DRAGON 3350                   5   5  0    29       OAKLEAF (184)
 CURIOUS AGGRESSION 3357       7   3  0    28       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SCRIPTORIA 3348               6   6  0    27       DARQUE AGES (29)
-RATURDAY KNIGHT 1440          5   1  0    27       RODENT CLAN (37)
 COTTON MOUTH 3338             6   7  1    26       INEBRIATION (27)
 RAIN DROP 3365                3   5  0    24       OAKLEAF (184)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MANGONEL 3410                 3   0  0    23       DARQUE AGES (29)
 THOMAS MERTON 3406            3   0  0    22       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 NARSIL 3401                   3   0  0    22       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 AEGLOS 3402                   2   1  1    22       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 VLADIMIR POUTINE 3358         4   6  1    21       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 ANGER REMISS 3405             1   2  0    19       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 TINY DANCER 3376              3   4  0    17       OAKLEAF (184)
 CRUX GEMMATA 3382             4   3  0    15       DARQUE AGES (29)
 DOROTH PARKER 3386            1   4  0    15       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 FINLEGH 3415                  1   0  0    13       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SCRAMBLED DREGS 3381          2   5  0    12       OTTO'S DINER (96)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHAWN MCINTYRE 3389           2   3  0     9       OHS ALUMNI (183)
-VERMINOTAUR 1485              2   3  0     9       RODENT CLAN (37)
 GURTHANG 3403                 2   1  0     9       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BLOODY SPANIARD 3393          2   2  0     8       3 PUGS (187)
 ROBOTO 1 3392                 2   2  0     8       3 PUGS (187)
 IRAQ LOBSTER 3419             1   0  0     8       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 GLAMDRING 3399                1   2  0     7       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BAMBOO 3390                   1   4  0     7       OAKLEAF (184)
 BIG CLOWNY 3396               1   3  0     6       3 PUGS (187)
 MR DINO 3395                  1   3  0     6       3 PUGS (187)
 XOINKO 3421                   0   1  0     1       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-ICED RATTE 3411               0   1  0     1       RODENT CLAN (37)
 DREKFORD 3414                 0   1  0     1       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
-AMERICAN MOUSCLE 1505         0   1  0     1       RODENT CLAN (37)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PERRY MASON 1 3394      2  1 0 3 PUGS 187           ABRASIVE 3408         348   
XAVIER 3360             4  5 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    VLADIMIR POUTINE 3358 348   
SNOLLYGOSTER 3416       0  1 0 DARQUE AGES 29       SPYMASTER             349  NONE
YOUR NAME 3418          0  1 0 INEBRIATION 27       SHEWISH GIANT         349  NONE
WALTER RALEIGH 3369     0  4 0 LITERATE LOONS 40    SAPNA 3388            346  JUST REVENGED
CHRIS KOHLER 3299      10  9 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       MANDROID 3295         349   
MARCIA LYONS 3349       6  5 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       ROXSTAR 3301          349   
BERNAISE ANDERS 3413    0  1 0 OTTO'S DINER 96      ANGRIST 3400          348   
SAPNA 3388              1  3 1 PRAY THE GODS 155    JAMES DICKEY 3250     349   
BOUNTY BOB 3379         1  4 0 THE COMMODORES 150   AEGLOS 3402           347  REVENGED
MO MURDA 3417           0  1 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   BANDIT PRINCE         349  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Boss Rat/Orc -- Welcome to the best Non-Tourney arena in all the land! I don't believe 
we have crossed swords with you in an arena since the early days Cliffhome or Zuwayza! 
-- DeGotti and the Cult

Kill Em All -- Welcome back to you! -- DeGotti

Swinetiger -- Welcome back! -- DeGotti

3 Pugs -- Welcome to Shadowspire! Make sure to introduce yourself! -- DeGotti

So Rodents reappear one turn after Boss Rat shows up in Shadowspire? Coincidence or 
conspiracy? -- DeGotti 

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SNOLLYGOSTER was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MO MURDA was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
YOUR NAME was easily killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
JAMES DICKEY assassinated SAPNA in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud duel.
VLADIMIR POUTINE was bested by ANGRIST in a popular 1 minute Bloodfeud fight.
BLOODY SPANIARD was demolished by ABRASIVE in a 1 minute Bloodfeud competition.
BOUVINES was vanquished by PRETTY PETUNIA in a 1 minute Challenge Title fight.
ANDY SKILDOM devastated HOTTER POCKET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
CHRIS KOHLER was easily killed by MANDROID in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
DOGPILE was vanquished by ZLATA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
GEMINI CROQUETTE was viciously subdued by JOHN DONNE in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
RIDWAN was luckily beaten by LEEROY JENKINS in a popular 5 minute Challenge melee.
RUSTON was savagely defeated by WALKEN in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge match.
MARCIA LYONS was barely slain by ROXSTAR in a 1 minute brutal Challenge battle.
DRAGON devastated ROBOTO 1 in a 2 minute bloody mismatched Challenge bout.
SCRIPTORIA defeated ANGER REMISS in a 6 minute veteran vs. amateur Challenge duel.
GURTHANG slimly lost to TINY DANCER in a crowd pleasing 6 minute Challenge bout.
NARSIL outwaited BAMBOO in a tiresome 16 minute novice's Challenge fight.
SHAWN MCINTYRE was beaten by DOROTH PARKER in a 2 minute gory novice's Challenge bout.
TUMMY TUM TUM handily defeated QWINN in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
LEPER'S OTHER HAND overpowered MAGE DAN in a exciting 1 minute uneven fight.
SUSIE STEFFEN overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 2 minute uneven fray.
PAVIL overcame TERMINATOR in a exciting 4 minute one-sided contest.
TARLEE overpowered I'M DRUNK in a 1 minute uneven fight.
VITRIOL savagely defeated SAMUEL BECKETT in a popular 3 minute gory expert's fight.
WROTHGARR savagely defeated PRINCE HOYT in a action packed 2 minute veteran's melee.
SUMMIT SAGA overpowered RAIN DROP in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
YOSHA handily defeated COTTON MOUTH in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
RAT CATCHER luckily beat JUMANJI in a action packed 8 minute gruesome fight.
DISVENYA overpowered CURIOUS AGGRESSION in a 3 minute gory one-sided match.
IMTEP SNARLJAW overpowered TOMAHAWK in a popular 1 minute one-sided bout.
CRUX GEMMATA was overcome by THOMAS MERTON in a 5 minute bloody match.
SCRAMBLED DREGS lost to MANGONEL in a 2 minute fight.
MR DINO was bested by IRAQ LOBSTER in a 2 minute novice's battle.
BIG CLOWNY was devastated by FINLEGH in a 1 minute uneven bout.
GLAMDRING defeated XOINKO in a 2 minute novice's match.
AEGLOS overcame DREKFORD in a 2 minute beginner's match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  11         WALL OF STEEL     41 -  27 -  1      60  |
|AIMED BLOW                      10         PARRY-LUNGE       26 -  23 -  1      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                     10         TOTAL PARRY       44 -  40 -  0      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                 10         AIMED BLOW        43 -  40 -  2      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         BASHING ATTACK    45 -  47 -  3      49  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         STRIKING ATTACK   46 -  49 -  3      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  33 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         LUNGING ATTACK    44 -  59 -  4      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         PARRY-STRIKE      12 -  19 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -  14 -  0      26  |

Turn 349 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     WALL OF STEEL      3 -  4         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  7         2  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-STRIKE       3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  4         2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         7 -  3     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  7         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        6 -  4     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  6         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-STRIKE   

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      PRETTY PETUNIA 3130        28  18  1  152 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
AIMED BLOW       TUMMY TUM TUM 3223         16  13  0  115 PRAY THE GODS (155)
TOTAL PARRY      PAVIL 2270                 31  18  0  111 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
BASHING ATTACK   MANDROID 3295              11   9  1  102 THE COMMODORES (150)
STRIKING ATTACK  ANDY SKILDOM 3239          17  14  1   94 OHS ALUMNI (183)
WALL OF STEEL    QWINN 2958                 20  10  3   89 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
LUNGING ATTACK   TERMINATOR 3086            12   8  2   79 KILL 'EM ALL (173)
SLASHING ATTACK  HOTTER POCKET 3305         11   8  1   69 OTTO'S DINER (96)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is VITRIOL 3219.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was JUMANJI 3344.  The ten other most popular fighters were RIDWAN 3341, WALKEN 3318, 
ANGER REMISS 3405, TERMINATOR 3086, VITRIOL 3219, WROTHGARR 3248, GURTHANG 3403, JOHN 
DONNE 3214, DOROTH PARKER 3386, and DISVENYA 3314.

The least popular fighter this week was NARSIL 3401.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BAMBOO 3390, BIG CLOWNY 3396, RAT CATCHER 3079, COTTON MOUTH 3338, RAIN 
DROP 3365, I'M DRUNK 3337, QWINN 2958, TINY DANCER 3376, SCRIPTORIA 3348, and ROBOTO 
1 3392.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

PRETTY PETUNIA (81-3130) CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

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

MEATWOOD FLACK (81-3070) DYSLEXIC MUSIC (182)
LEPER'S OTHER HAND (81-3171) BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

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                                          -- RSI

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                                      MINI SPOTS

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