DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/10/2021    Duedate: 03/23/2021

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-367

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WALKEN
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
(81-3318) [19-14-0,128]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WALKEN                         ASTINIUS
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)            VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
(81-3318) [19-14-0,128]        (81-1021) [5-3-0,42]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MAGE DAN                       JAY HIGGINS
WICKED MARTYRS (148)           OHS ALUMNI (183)
(81-3286) [18-21-1,76]         (81-3523) [0-3-0,12]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DARQUE AGES (29)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE COMMODORES (150)        48
2. PRAY THE GODS (155)         46      SHANGHAIED (161)
3. INEBRIATION (27)            36      Unchartered Team
4. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        34
5. OHS ALUMNI (183)            25      THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       60  40  3 60.0   1/ 1 DARQUE AGES (29)         10  5 0
 2/ 2 SHANGHAIED (161)         257 188  9 57.8   2/ 2 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       9  6 0
 3/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      768 621 24 55.3   3/13 INEBRIATION (27)          8  7 1
 4/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29)         837 744 34 52.9   4/ 5 LITERATE LOONS (40)       8  7 1
 5/ 4 KILL 'EM ALL (173)       208 186 18 52.8   5/ 9 THE COMMODORES (150)      7  6 1
 6/ 6 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      682 625 27 52.2   6/ 8 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       7  7 0
 7/ 7 PRAY THE GODS (155)      349 335 25 51.0   7/ 3*VINCERE AUT MORI II (91)  7  8 0
 8/ 8 THE COMMODORES (150)     355 342 12 50.9   8/ 6 KILL 'EM ALL (173)        7  8 0
 9/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     453 443 19 50.6   9/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   6  9 1
10-10 OTTO'S DINER (96)        752 743 46 50.3  10/16 OHS ALUMNI (183)          6  9 0
11/11 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  230 236 18 49.4  11/15 PRAY THE GODS (155)       5  4 0
12-12 MEMORY (189)              24  25  1 49.0  12- 7 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       5  5 1
13/13 LITERATE LOONS (40)      553 646 26 46.1  13-11 OTTO'S DINER (96)         5  5 0
14/15 OHS ALUMNI (183)         150 197 11 43.2  14/14 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      5  6 0
15/ 0*THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)       12  16  0 42.9  15/12 SHANGHAIED (161)          5  8 0
16/16 INEBRIATION (27)         328 476 24 40.8  16- 4 MEMORY (189)              4  5 0
17/17*VINCERE AUT MORI II (91)  16  24  1 40.0  17/ 0*THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)       1  4 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome to The Spire all you cool cats and kittens!  The Aruakis hate it when you 
call them kittens!  Everyone is so sensitive in this generation!  Oh wait, I'm not 
that old, this is my generation.  Okay, let's take a look at the fights for this turn 
and I will see if I can get everyone a trophy or something.  Quit your whining 
already!

     I like a Duelmaster that takes action, and that is exactly what we have with 
Walken.  He is not content to just sit around on that big ol' throne and look 
impressive.  No sir!  Walken posted a challenge to Tomahawk, who is in the Challenger 
Champions, and he just so happens to be the guy that killed one of Walken's teammates!  
We got a good story in the works here! Was Walken going to avenge his fallen friend 
and keep the throne or was Tomahawk going to add another notch to his death count?  It 
did not take long to answer any of these questions as Walken smashed Tomahawk in a 1-
minute fight.  Walken stays Duelmaster, his teammate is avenged, and we are sure to 
get some other non-sensical flow of letters from Tomahawk in next turn's newsletter. 
Good times!

     The most avoided team was Kill Em All.  They were mostly avoided by deja vu, I 
mean, they were mostly avoided by Pray the Gods.  The most challenged warrior for turn 
367 is Rat Catcher.  Let's see how that fight went . . .

     COTTON MOUTH (81-3338) (13-15-1,66) of INEBRIATION challenged RAT CATCHER (81-
     3079) (21-16-0,79) of KILL 'EM ALL.   COTTON MOUTH viciously subdued RAT CATCHER 
     in a 2-minute veteran's Challenge duel.

Nothing looks out of the ordinary there.  I'm sure Rat Catcher would disagree.  We 
will ask him when he wakes up from that nap Cotton Mouth knocked him into during that 
fight.

Okay, what does this turn look like for the statistics side?  I have no idea, but I 
collected this information for your viewing pleasure!

     Total Fights:  36
     Dark Arena Fights:  2 (2-0 for the Dark Arena)
     Blood feuds:  2 (2-0 for the challengers)
     Regular Challenges:  15 (8-7 for the challengers)
     Biggest Up-Challenge:  23 points (HELEN BADE was demolished by MANDROID 
          in a 1-minute mismatched Challenge competition.)
     Biggest Down Challenge:  7 points (DISVENYA handily defeated LEEROY JENKINS 
          in a dull 6-minute uneven Challenge fight.)
     Prettiest Spy Reporter:  Huard DePriest

     There were a total of 4 deaths this turn.  Two came from the Dark Arena, which 
you already knew if you read above.  The other 2 deaths came via random matchups and 
the warriors were relatively young. There were a few missing teams with Drake's Memory 
guild and Otto's Diner being absent.  Where'd you go?  Does this mean the diner's 
closed?  Is there anywhere else in Shadowspire to get food poisoning? I got questions 
about your diner's hours and the mystery meat!

     Okay, time to go forth and make something of myself.  I'm probably just going to 
go and make myself a drink!  Yeah, that sounds more like a plan I can support!  Come 
back next turn and see stuff. If the fancy strikes you, how about saying some stuff 
too for the newsletter.  Fans eat THAT stuff up!  Also, apart from killing another 
manager's warrior, trash-talking is the best way to make enemies or friends, depending 
on how weird they are--and let me tell, we have some freaks here in The Spire!  See 
ya next time!

                                         -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WALKEN 3318                  19  14  0   128       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GEMINI CROQUETTE 3282        21  17  2   111       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 MANDROID 3295                17  13  1   106       THE COMMODORES (150)
 YOSHA 3264                   20  17  3   105       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 JAMES DICKEY 3250            21  24  2   104       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 CRUX GEMMATA 3382            14  11  0   101       DARQUE AGES (29)
-HOTTER POCKET 3305           21  14  3    99       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 PRINCE HOYT 3263             24  19  0    91       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 TOMAHAWK 3055                17  23  3    91       KILL 'EM ALL (173)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCRAMBLED DREGS 3381         10  13  0    88       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 BARANACLE BILL 3089          18   5  0    86       SHANGHAIED (161)
 COTTON MOUTH 3338            14  15  1    82       INEBRIATION (27)
 FINLEGH 3415                 11   8  0    82       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 RAT CATCHER 3079             21  17  0    80       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
-ME COLI 3439                  9   5  0    80       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 STONES 3431                   8   8  0    80       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SCRIPTORIA 3348              15  15  0    77       DARQUE AGES (29)
 MAGE DAN 3286                18  21  1    76       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 CURIOUS AGGRESSION 3357      19   9  0    75       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 DISVENYA 3314                16  15  0    75       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 HELEN BADE 3021              16  13  0    73       SHANGHAIED (161)
 I'M DRUNK 3337               15  14  0    73       INEBRIATION (27)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GURTHANG 3403                14   6  0    63       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 SNOLLYGOSTER 3416            10   9  1    61       DARQUE AGES (29)
 WIM WIGGLESWORTH 3432         7  10  1    59       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 RITESH 3437                   7   7  1    58       PRAY THE GODS (155)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEEROY JENKINS 3177          16   8  0    56       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
-NARSIL 3401                  16   4  0    56       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
-GRERDAS 3461                  7   3  0    56       MEMORY (189)
 ARMALYTE 3490                 6   2  0    56       THE COMMODORES (150)
 MANGONEL 3410                13   8  0    54       DARQUE AGES (29)
 TELP 3430                    10   7  1    54       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
-FANDAINCH 3483                5   4  0    47       MEMORY (189)
-ANDURIL 3435                 11   5  0    45       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
-BROKEN BLADE 3494             6   2  1    42       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 ASTINIUS 1021                 5   3  0    42       VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
 THOMAS MERTON 3406           10  10  1    41       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 GIRLY DECKHAND 3468           8   4  1    40       SHANGHAIED (161)
 ULRICH 3457                   5   8  0    39       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-GAZDON 3489                   5   3  0    39       MEMORY (189)
-AEGLOS 3402                   7  13  1    35       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 XOBIAS 3458                   9   4  0    34       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 KARNOV 3492                   4   4  0    34       THE COMMODORES (150)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FRAYED KNOT 3438              9   6  0    33       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 VELINA 3478                   6   3  0    33       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 UHKANT 3497                   5   3  0    33       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-FIPPLE 3495                   4   3  0    31       MEMORY (189)
 LES MORTIMER 3503             3   4  0    31       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 ROBBY WAGNER 3446             7   8  1    30       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 CROWN VANILLA 3447            5   8  1    30       INEBRIATION (27)
 CROWN APPLE 3452              6   6  0    27       INEBRIATION (27)
 MERA 3487                     3   5  1    26       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 ZAGRID 3528                   3   0  0    26       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JIM TULLY 3475                6   4  0    24       LITERATE LOONS (40)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ILYENA 1023                   2   6  1    23       VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
 ZAMZARA 3538                  1   0  1    21       THE COMMODORES (150)
 TURTLE 3531                   1   1  0    21       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
-TERRORMISU 3474               4   5  0    20       OTTO'S DINER (96)
 NINTRA 1081                   3   3  0    18       VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
 RICKY SCHMIDT 3522            2   1  0    18       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 MUTTLES 3476                  3   6  0    16       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 DOORNAIL 3539                 1   0  0    15       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 AMBROSE BIERCE 3512           3   2  0    14       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 PREATORIA 1024                3   5  0    14       VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
 BELLE STAR 2778               2   2  0    14       THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)
 JAY HIGGINS 3523              0   3  0    12       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 ANN BASSETT 2745              3   2  0    11       THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)
 OCCISOR 3521                  2   1  0    11       VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
 STAHD 3530                    1   0  0    11       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 BOB DALTON 2748               2   4  0    10       THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)
 SYLMAR 3529                   1   1  0     7       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 THE REPLACEMENT 3526          1   2  1     6       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SWILLER LITE 3525             1   2  0     5       INEBRIATION (27)
 CATERINA SFORZA 3540          1   0  0     5       DARQUE AGES (29)
 THE LIMPER 3516               0   4  0     4       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 WILLIAM ANDERSON 2808         0   1  0     1       THE OUTLAWS 7 (171)
 BOTH BARRELS 3535             0   1  0     1       SHANGHAIED (161)
 DAISY RIPPER 3536             0   1  0     1       SHANGHAIED (161)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ANN PELLETEIR 3508      1  1 0 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 ILYENA 1023           364  JUST REVENGED
ZHURIC 3472             4  3 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    TOMAHAWK 3055         363  JUST REVENGED
CAPTAIN BLACK 3511      0  2 0 INEBRIATION 27       WEAVY STUNDER 3486    364   
EDITH WHARTON 3515      2  2 0 LITERATE LOONS 40    CROWN VANILLA 3447    367   
SAMUEL BECKETT 3225    18 28 3 LITERATE LOONS 40    HOTTER POCKET 3305    363  NOT REVENGED
DELMAR 3496             3  3 1 MEMORY 189           THOMAS MERTON 3406    365   
BRIAN THOMPSON 3471     3  8 0 OHS ALUMNI 183       ARENAMASTER           367  NONE
CUTTHROAT KATE 3467     5  5 0 SHANGHAIED 161       BROKEN BLADE 3494     365   
BOB 3537                0  1 0 THE COMMODORES 150   DARK CHAMPION         367  NONE
EMMETT DALTON 2761      2  3 0 THE OUTLAWS 7 171    ZAMZARA 3538          367   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

I always wonder how the spy reporters keep all the managers straight.  Is there a 
cheat sheet somewhere?  A giant murder board with pictures and names linked with 
colored yarn and push pins?  Inquiring minds want to know. -- Drake

Den -- Thanks for helping turn around my losing record as of late! I always appreciate 
your assistance in these matters! -- DeGotti

Curious Aggression -- You are more "curious" than aggressive! -- Mera

The Limper -- You are pathetic, even for a warrior managed by Den! -- Velina

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BRIAN THOMPSON was butchered by ARENAMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BOB was dealt death by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
WALKEN demolished TOMAHAWK in a popular 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud Title melee.
PRINCE HOYT devastated ILYENA in a popular 3 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
HELEN BADE was demolished by MANDROID in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
CRUX GEMMATA overpowered STONES in a 2 minute bloody one-sided Challenge struggle.
DISVENYA handily defeated LEEROY JENKINS in a dull 6 minute uneven Challenge fight.
COTTON MOUTH viciously subdued RAT CATCHER in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge duel.
MANGONEL was viciously subdued by I'M DRUNK in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
SCRIPTORIA handily defeated MAGE DAN in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
FINLEGH demolished SNOLLYGOSTER in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
WIM WIGGLESWORTH demolished ULRICH in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
FRAYED KNOT outlasted JAY HIGGINS in a 7 minute master vs. novice Challenge conflict.
ROBBY WAGNER was defeated by ASTINIUS in a action packed 1 minute Challenge struggle.
NINTRA was overcome by LES MORTIMER in a 1 minute Challenge bout.
MUTTLES was viciously subdued by CROWN APPLE in a 2 minute bloody Challenge brawl.
OCCISOR overpowered THE LIMPER in a tiresome 8 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
SWILLER LITE was overpowered by RICKY SCHMIDT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
THE REPLACEMENT was handily defeated by ZAGRID in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
JAMES DICKEY beat CURIOUS AGGRESSION in a exciting 2 minute gory expert's fight.
BARANACLE BILL was viciously subdued by YOSHA in a 2 minute expert's duel.
ARMALYTE savagely defeated UHKANT in a popular 2 minute gruesome fight.
RITESH overpowered THOMAS MERTON in a 1 minute uneven fight.
TELP overpowered MERA in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided bout.
KARNOV overpowered BOB DALTON in a 1 minute uneven duel.
JIM TULLY was narrowly defeated by GIRLY DECKHAND in a exciting 3 minute fray.
AMBROSE BIERCE was handily defeated by VELINA in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
XOBIAS defeated CULT MEMBER in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
CROWN VANILLA easily killed EDITH WHARTON in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
PREATORIA was demolished by TURTLE in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
BELLE STAR overpowered DAISY RIPPER in a 1 minute uneven bout.
EMMETT DALTON was murdered by ZAMZARA in a 1 minute uneven contest.
ANN BASSETT was defeated by STAHD in a exciting 1 minute novice's struggle.
SYLMAR bested BOTH BARRELS in a popular 1 minute beginner's bout.
WILLIAM ANDERSON was subdued by CATERINA SFORZA in a 2 minute amateur's match.
DOORNAIL subdued EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute novice's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                     10         SLASHING ATTACK   31 -  19 -  3      62  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                  10         PARRY-LUNGE       21 -  15 -  0      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  9         TOTAL PARRY       57 -  47 -  0      55  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    8         AIMED BLOW        46 -  40 -  2      53  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         PARRY-RIPOSTE     23 -  24 -  1      49  |
|AIMED BLOW                       6         WALL OF STEEL     42 -  46 -  2      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-STRIKE      19 -  21 -  1      48  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    5         BASHING ATTACK    43 -  50 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         STRIKING ATTACK   48 -  62 -  4      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    39 -  66 -  4      37  |

Turn 367 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     STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  5         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -  2     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  6         2  SLASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  3                                       2  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         3 -  3                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  2                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  3                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  5                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  4                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      WALKEN 3318                19  14  0  128 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
BASHING ATTACK   MANDROID 3295              17  13  1  106 THE COMMODORES (150)
AIMED BLOW       YOSHA 3264                 20  17  3  105 PRAY THE GODS (155)
WALL OF STEEL    CRUX GEMMATA 3382          14  11  0  101 DARQUE AGES (29)
TOTAL PARRY      PRINCE HOYT 3263           24  19  0   91 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PARRY-STRIKE     FINLEGH 3415               11   8  0   82 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
LUNGING ATTACK   ARMALYTE 3490               6   2  0   56 THE COMMODORES (150)
SLASHING ATTACK  ASTINIUS 1021               5   3  0   42 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MAGE DAN 3286.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was JAY HIGGINS 3523.  The ten other most popular fighters were ILYENA 1023, JAMES 
DICKEY 3250, YOSHA 3264, ARMALYTE 3490, GIRLY DECKHAND 3468, FINLEGH 3415, CROWN 
APPLE 3452, TELP 3430, WALKEN 3318, and COTTON MOUTH 3338.

The least popular fighter this week was LEEROY JENKINS 3177.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were OCCISOR 3521, FRAYED KNOT 3438, EMMETT DALTON 2761, DAISY 
RIPPER 3536, PREATORIA 1024, EDITH WHARTON 3515, AMBROSE BIERCE 3512, BOB DALTON 
2748, MERA 3487, and THOMAS MERTON 3406.