DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/19/2021 Duedate: 06/01/2021 SHADOWSPIRE ARENA DM-81 TURN-372 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS CURIOUS AGGRESSION BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) (81-3357) [22-11-0,106] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader I'M DRUNK POSITION IS EMPTY INEBRIATION (27) (81-3337) [19-15-0,122] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite FINLEGH FINLEGH CULT OF BACCHUS (4) CULT OF BACCHUS (4) (81-3415) [15-9-0,96] (81-3415) [15-9-0,96] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM (-1) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) 41 2. CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 38 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) 3. LITERATE LOONS (40) 35 Unchartered Team 4. THE COMMODORES (150) 29 5. INEBRIATION (27) 23SUPERIOR FORCES A204 (70) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) 71 54 4 56.8 1/10 DARQUE AGES (29) 9 6 2 2/ 2 SHANGHAIED (161) 266 204 9 56.6 2/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 9 6 2 3/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 781 633 24 55.2 3/ 2 INEBRIATION (27) 9 6 1 4/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29) 850 756 37 52.9 4/ 3 LITERATE LOONS (40) 9 6 1 5/ 4 KILL 'EM ALL (173) 221 197 20 52.9 5/ 6 MEMORY (189) 9 6 0 6/ 6 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 696 636 29 52.3 6/ 8 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 8 6 1 7/ 8 MEMORY (189) 38 36 1 51.4 7/ 4 VINCERE AUT MORI II (91) 8 7 1 8/ 7 PRAY THE GODS (155) 356 343 26 50.9 8/ 1 KILL 'EM ALL (173) 8 7 1 9/10 THE COMMODORES (150) 365 356 12 50.6 9/12 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) 8 7 1 10/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 464 457 19 50.4 10/ 7 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 7 8 0 11/11 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 244 246 19 49.8 11/15 SHANGHAIED (161) 6 9 0 12/13 LITERATE LOONS (40) 568 656 27 46.4 12/14 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) 6 9 0 13/12 VINCERE AUT MORI II (91) 30 35 2 46.2 13/11 THE COMMODORES (150) 5 9 0 14/14 OHS ALUMNI (183) 154 218 12 41.4 14/16 OHS ALUMNI (183) 4 11 1 15/15 INEBRIATION (27) 342 487 25 41.3 15/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 4 11 0 Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 16/16 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) 18 29 0 38.3 16/13 PRAY THE GODS (155) 2 6 0 '*' 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. DM Column DM#81 Turn #372 Greetings once again! Crux, nice try but you are no match for me! Everyone knows that Half-Elf >Orc! Who wants to step up next? I'm Drunk? Disvenya, it's been a while? I'm game for any challengers.B Why did Vlad's Passport get cancelled? Is there some hidden meaning there, Den? BlackHart, looks like you are in a rebuilding stage, time for the Cult to take control of 2nd place! Sorry this is so choppy, but I'm in rush. Until next time! Finlegh SPY REPORT Another turn is in the books for The Spire! Do you know what else is in books? I am asking? Do I look like a reader to you? Bah, let's stay on track here and see what has been happening in the arena. It was a pretty busy day that started shortly after midnight with the Dark Arena fights and then the glorious morning broke and arena day was here! So, let me tell you everything you need to know and a few things you probably want to forget! We got a Duelmaster's column from Finlegh! It is always a good turn when the arena champ addresses the masses. I couldn't make heads or tells of it for the most part. He did give an open invitation to anyone that wanted to challenge him for the title. Curious Aggression took him up on that offer. Well, it's not so much took him up on the offer, but got matched with him in a random. It doesn't much matter how you get to the big fight, but what you do once there! It took 9 minutes, but Curious is our new Duelmaster! Curious Aggression is managed by Den. Time for the turn's breakdown. It was a weird one, to say the least. I mean, I can say less, but I get paid by the word, so let's look at the splendiferous data! Most of you are weird too, so I should not be surprised at these things. Fights: 42 Deaths: 9 Dark Arena: 4 (3-1 for the DA Crew) Blood feuds: 1 (0-1 for the challenger) Challenges: 16 (12-4-2 for the challengers & over half (8 fights) were down challenges) Biggest Up Challenge: +12 - YOSHA (81-3264) (22-18-3,87) of PRAY THE GODS challenged PRINCE HOYT (81-3263) (26-21-0,99) of BIG LAKE SOLUTION. YOSHA handily defeated PRINCE HOYT in a 1-minute one-sided Challenge bout. Largest Down Challenge: -10 - RICKY SCHMIDT (81-3522) (3-4-0,19) of OHS ALUMNI challenged STAHD (81-3530) (2-3-0,9) of CULT OF BACCHUS. RICKY SCHMIDT viciously subdued STAHD in a 2-minute gory Challenge brawl. It looks like the most avoided team today is Big Lake Solution. They were mostly avoided by Kill 'Em All. Speaking of Weirdo's crew, they had the most challenged warrior for the turn. They are running away from Big Lake Solution, while others are running towards them. Huh? Just seems . . . weird! But, I guess if the shoe fits, then twist my arm and call me Susan. Leeroy Jenkins gets the honor of being the most challenged for today's games. How did that work out for Leeroy? Pretty good actually because Leeroy got his challenge through to Mage Dan and won the fight! Will all those challengers come calling again next turn? It was a particularly bloody day on the sands. Yes, we have 4 Dark Arena fights, but I am referencing the 5 deaths on the regular sands. You know, the fights that take place during the day when everyone has a better view rather than watching a slaughter by torchlight? Anyway, I think the big shock came when Gurthang challenged Cotton Mouth and then killed him in a 1-minute fight! Yes, you heard me! Sadly, the grief wasn't over for Inebriation as Ulrich offed Crown Apple a few fights later. Next, we have Caterina Sforza who scored her 3rd kill. Yeah, I know 3 kills isn't record-setting, but I draw attention to it because Caterina only has 4 wins. Do we test for performance-enhancing spellcraft before the fights? We may need to invest in that! Literate Loons also lost the devilishly witty Ambrose Bierce this turn to Astinius. I feel the need to mention Bodybag as I close. He was sent to the Dark Arena, but death didn't stick well with him. He kills Shewish Giant and will probably have a talk with Weirdo later. Will he go back to the Dark Arena or has he earned a reprieve? Come back next turn and find out! -- Huard DePriest DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CURIOUS AGGRESSION 3357 22 11 0 106 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME I'M DRUNK 3337 19 15 0 122 INEBRIATION (27) YOSHA 3264 23 18 3 107 PRAY THE GODS (155) CROWN VANILLA 3447 10 8 2 102 INEBRIATION (27) PRINCE HOYT 3263 26 22 0 100 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) GURTHANG 3403 18 7 1 98 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) FINLEGH 3415 15 9 0 96 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) CRUX GEMMATA 3382 16 14 0 95 DARQUE AGES (29) LEEROY JENKINS 3177 21 8 0 92 KILL 'EM ALL (173) THOMAS MERTON 3406 14 11 1 92 LITERATE LOONS (40) SNOLLYGOSTER 3416 13 11 1 92 DARQUE AGES (29) DISVENYA 3314 19 16 0 91 PRAY THE GODS (155) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SCRIPTORIA 3348 17 18 0 90 DARQUE AGES (29) MAGE DAN 3286 20 24 1 86 WICKED MARTYRS (148) TOMAHAWK 3055 19 26 3 86 KILL 'EM ALL (173) NARSIL 3401 20 5 0 76 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) HELEN BADE 3021 17 17 0 71 SHANGHAIED (161) STONES 3431 11 10 0 71 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) MANGONEL 3410 16 10 0 67 DARQUE AGES (29) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME JIM TULLY 3475 9 6 0 66 LITERATE LOONS (40) ASTINIUS 1021 7 6 1 65 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91) TELP 3430 12 10 1 62 WICKED MARTYRS (148) GAZDON 3489 7 6 0 60 MEMORY (189) ANDURIL 3435 13 8 0 59 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) GRERDAS 3461 9 6 0 58 MEMORY (189) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME RITESH 3437 8 10 2 58 PRAY THE GODS (155) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME VELINA 3478 10 4 0 56 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) -KARNOV 3492 6 6 0 56 THE COMMODORES (150) FIPPLE 3495 8 4 0 55 MEMORY (189) XOBIAS 3458 13 5 0 54 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) ULRICH 3457 7 11 1 52 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) ZAGRID 3528 6 2 1 51 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) ARMALYTE 3490 8 5 0 50 THE COMMODORES (150) FRAYED KNOT 3438 12 8 0 47 KILL 'EM ALL (173) ILYENA 1023 5 8 1 41 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91) AEGLOS 3402 7 18 1 40 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) FANDAINCH 3483 7 7 0 39 MEMORY (189) UHKANT 3497 9 4 0 38 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) ROBBY WAGNER 3446 8 12 2 38 OHS ALUMNI (183) OCCISOR 3521 6 2 0 36 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BODYBAG 3571 1 0 1 33 KILL 'EM ALL (173) SPEKT 3541 3 2 0 32 WICKED MARTYRS (148) THE REPLACEMENT 3526 6 2 2 31 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) PREATORIA 1024 6 7 0 31 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91) BROKEN BLADE 3494 7 6 1 29 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) ONE-EYED CLYDE 3569 2 0 0 28 SHANGHAIED (161) RALME 3534 4 1 0 26 MEMORY (189) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME MERA 3487 4 9 1 22 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) RICKY SCHMIDT 3522 4 4 0 22 OHS ALUMNI (183) SYLMAR 3529 3 4 0 20 WICKED MARTYRS (148) CATERINA SFORZA 3540 4 2 3 19 DARQUE AGES (29) FRANK STILLWELL 3550 2 1 0 19 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) ENGLISH BOB 3567 2 0 0 19 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) THE LIMPER 3516 3 6 0 15 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) ACE HARRIER 3553 2 1 0 15 THE COMMODORES (150) OLD MAN RIVERS 3578 1 0 0 13 SHANGHAIED (161) PBR 3555 2 1 0 12 INEBRIATION (27) PARALLAX 3574 1 0 0 11 THE COMMODORES (150) STAHD 3530 2 4 0 10 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) EUGENE O'NEILL 3579 1 0 0 10 LITERATE LOONS (40) RON BASS 3551 1 2 0 8 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) RAYMOND CARVER 3543 1 4 0 8 LITERATE LOONS (40) THREE-TOE JOE 3568 1 1 0 7 SHANGHAIED (161) JOHNNY REB 3542 1 2 0 5 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) POLLY CRACKERS 3558 1 2 0 5 SHANGHAIED (161) KAIBOSH 3546 0 3 0 3 KILL 'EM ALL (173) PEARL HEART 3566 0 2 0 2 THE OUTLAWS 7 (171) ALLEN MIELKE 3573 0 1 0 1 OHS ALUMNI (183) JIM WICHELMAN 3572 0 1 0 1 OHS ALUMNI (183) ZEHDEA 3577 0 1 0 1 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) PRAEDO 3576 0 1 0 1 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? WIM WIGGLESWORTH 3432 8 11 1 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 RITESH 3437 369 ZUMBE 3556 0 2 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39 CATERINA SFORZA 3540 371 SHEWISH GIANT 0 0 0 DARK ARENA BODYBAG 3571 372 NONE COTTON MOUTH 3338 15 19 1 INEBRIATION 27 GURTHANG 3403 372 CROWN APPLE 3452 8 9 0 INEBRIATION 27 ULRICH 3457 372 AMBROSE BIERCE 3512 6 4 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 ASTINIUS 1021 372 DEEDERS RAD 3561 1 1 0 OHS ALUMNI 183 CATERINA SFORZA 3540 372 THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? AETHEIST 3560 0 1 0 PRAY THE GODS 155 SHEWISH GIANT 372 NONE JARLAK 3559 0 1 0 PRAY THE GODS 155 STONE GOLEM 372 NONE GIRLY DECKHAND 3468 10 5 1 SHANGHAIED 161 CROWN VANILLA 3447 370 NOPE 3575 0 1 0 THE COMMODORES 150 WURM KIN 372 NONE NINTRA 1081 5 5 0 VINCERE AUT MORI 91 ZAGRID 3528 371 CAPTAIN DARK 3549 2 2 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148 THE REPLACEMENT 3526 372 TURTLE 3531 1 2 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148 CATERINA SFORZA 3540 368 REVENGED PERSONAL ADS The legend of the Allied Axis continues to grow? What? If you mean like an unchecked cancerous tumor, then yes, it is growing rather large and grotesque! Congrats, I think?!?! -- AAAA, Anonymous Anti-Allied Axiser, because 4 As is better than 2 Shadowspire -- Current Top Team? You're doin' just great! -- Kill 'EM ALL Literate Loons -- You're only improving my team! -- Weirdo, mgr Kill 'EM ALL Den -- Rat Catcher TP 11(1)-20(3)-11-9-18(1)-9-11 Great Endurance/Good Damage, can sustain a Tremendous amount, Expert Parry. -- Weirdo Finlegh -- I hope you got another one in you. Guess what fell out of my box of cereal this morning? -- Weirdo Fipple -- How the #$%^ do I keep losing the clash everytime!? -- Ulrich The Limper -- You needed one more big one. Till we meet again. -- Uhkant Nintra -- I don't know what happened, but I was not targeting the head. I await your Bloodfeud. -- Zagrid Caterina Sporza -- You murderous $%^&*! -- Ghost of Zumbe Chad -- I don't cheat. I consider this a personal attack, but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you just had a really bad day and were venting. Cheers. -- Drake Scriptoria -- Two beat downs in two weeks, it's like you didn't get the dishes done and the laundry. -- Prince Hoyt Snollygoster -- By snolly, you felt my aggression, were you not even a little bit curious why I choose you? -- Curious Aggression Stahd -- I hate your style and I hate your horrible face. -- The Replacement Weirdo -- Now I'm like you and I hate being like you, mostly because I don't like to wear girdles, buy anyway, I fought on maintenance and my replacement did not get submitted, so my full team is not on the sands. Mostly, I blame you. -- Den Drake -- Maybe you can stick with your current strategy and simply enter the incorrect warrior styles on TB and hope for the best. Usually only little stick does that. -- Den Vlad -- What team do you run again? -- Den Blacktart -- Not too many wins over on your side of the fence, so I guess you are living up to expectations. The chance of you pulling off a winning turn is thinner than your shirt. -- Den LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS NOPE was butchered by WURM KIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight. BODYBAG savagely slew SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee. JARLAK was assassinated by STONE GOLEM in a unpopular 2 minute bloody Dark Arena duel. AETHEIST was assassinated by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena fight. ILYENA was bested by ZAGRID in a action packed 1 minute Bloodfeud brawl. I'M DRUNK overpowered DISVENYA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge struggle. LEEROY JENKINS unbelievably bested MAGE DAN in a 3 minute Challenge competition. HELEN BADE was vanquished by THOMAS MERTON in a 3 minute gory uneven Challenge duel. GURTHANG slaughtered COTTON MOUTH in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel. YOSHA handily defeated PRINCE HOYT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout. CROWN VANILLA savagely defeated SCRIPTORIA in a 8 minute Challenge match. NARSIL devastated GAZDON in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge battle. RITESH was bested by STONES in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge bout. ANDURIL handily defeated OCCISOR in a 2 minute gory uneven Challenge fight. ASTINIUS delivered the death blow upon AMBROSE BIERCE in a 1 minute Challenge duel. PREATORIA luckily beat SYLMAR in a 2 minute Challenge brawl. RICKY SCHMIDT viciously subdued STAHD in a 2 minute gory Challenge brawl. ONE-EYED CLYDE overpowered RON BASS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match. THREE-TOE JOE beat PEARL HEART in a 2 minute novice's Challenge match. PBR viciously subdued JOHNNY REB in a 3 minute amateur's Challenge competition. POLLY CRACKERS was vanquished by ENGLISH BOB in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match. FINLEGH was unbelievably bested by CURIOUS AGGRESSION in a 9 minute Title fray. SNOLLYGOSTER overpowered TELP in a 1 minute uneven fight. TOMAHAWK was narrowly defeated by CRUX GEMMATA in a popular 5 minute expert's fight. FRAYED KNOT was demolished by JIM TULLY in a action packed 3 minute one-sided melee. MANGONEL narrowly defeated FIPPLE in a exciting 5 minute bloody fray. AEGLOS was vanquished by GRERDAS in a 1 minute one-sided bout. ROBBY WAGNER was overpowered by VELINA in a 1 minute uneven duel. CROWN APPLE was assassinated by ULRICH in a popular 1 minute gory one-sided match. XOBIAS savagely defeated SPEKT in a 2 minute brutal veteran vs. beginner bout. ARMALYTE devastated BROKEN BLADE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute brutal one-sided duel. UHKANT outlasted FRATSFA SLAVE in a tiring 14 minute veteran vs. beginner struggle. FANDAINCH demolished MERA in a 1 minute mismatched match. THE REPLACEMENT savagely slew CAPTAIN DARK in a popular 1 minute gory duel. CATERINA SFORZA barely slew DEEDERS RAD in a crowd pleasing 3 minute brutal bout. THE LIMPER was overcome by FRANK STILLWELL in a 3 minute duel. ACE HARRIER beat KAIBOSH in a 2 minute novice's fight. RAYMOND CARVER slimly won victory over ALLEN MIELKE in a 3 minute amateur's duel. RALME handily defeated ZEHDEA in a 1 minute mismatched duel. PARALLAX overpowered JIM WICHELMAN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided brawl. PRAEDO was handily defeated by EUGENE O'NEILL in a 1 minute brutal one-sided conflict. OLD MAN RIVERS overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided battle. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 11 PARRY-STRIKE 33 - 20 - 2 62 | |WALL OF STEEL 10 SLASHING ATTACK 35 - 25 - 4 58 | |TOTAL PARRY 10 PARRY-LUNGE 19 - 16 - 0 54 | |AIMED BLOW 10 TOTAL PARRY 60 - 53 - 1 53 | |SLASHING ATTACK 8 WALL OF STEEL 41 - 44 - 1 48 | |LUNGING ATTACK 8 BASHING ATTACK 36 - 44 - 3 45 | |PARRY-STRIKE 7 STRIKING ATTACK 40 - 50 - 3 44 | |STRIKING ATTACK 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 22 - 28 - 3 44 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 AIMED BLOW 35 - 48 - 2 42 | |PARRY-LUNGE 3 LUNGING ATTACK 41 - 60 - 4 41 | Turn 372 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: SLASHING ATTACK 6 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 6 3 TOTAL PARRY STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 2 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 7 3 PARRY-STRIKE PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 2 2 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 6 - 4 AIMED BLOW 3 - 7 1 AIMED BLOW PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 4 1 BASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY CURIOUS AGGRESSION 3357 22 11 0 106 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) WALL OF STEEL I'M DRUNK 3337 19 15 0 122 INEBRIATION (27) AIMED BLOW YOSHA 3264 23 18 3 107 PRAY THE GODS (155) STRIKING ATTACK CROWN VANILLA 3447 10 8 2 102 INEBRIATION (27) BASHING ATTACK GURTHANG 3403 18 7 1 98 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188) PARRY-STRIKE FINLEGH 3415 15 9 0 96 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) PARRY-RIPOSTE JIM TULLY 3475 9 6 0 66 LITERATE LOONS (40) SLASHING ATTACK ASTINIUS 1021 7 6 1 65 VINCERE AUT MORI III (91) LUNGING ATTACK GRERDAS 3461 9 6 0 58 MEMORY (189) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is FINLEGH 3415. The most popular warrior this turn was FINLEGH 3415. The ten other most popular fighters were CROWN VANILLA 3447, MAGE DAN 3286, TOMAHAWK 3055, FIPPLE 3495, CRUX GEMMATA 3382, JIM TULLY 3475, PBR 3555, JOHNNY REB 3542, DEEDERS RAD 3561, and ZAGRID 3528. The least popular fighter this week was UHKANT 3497. The other ten least popular fighters were JARLAK 3559, PRAEDO 3576, JIM WICHELMAN 3572, ZEHDEA 3577, CAPTAIN DARK 3549, MERA 3487, CROWN APPLE 3452, ROBBY WAGNER 3446, AEGLOS 3402, and FRAYED KNOT 3438.