DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/09/2022    Duedate: 02/22/2022

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-391

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JIM TULLY
LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3475) [22-12-0,122]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JIM TULLY                      YRVO
LITERATE LOONS (40)            PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
(81-3475) [22-12-0,122]        (81-3666) [2-2-0,21]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

MANGONEL                       BUYICA
DARQUE AGES (29)               WICKED MARTYRS (148)
(81-3410) [22-23-0,103]        (81-3606) [9-6-1,83]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MADNESS (190)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MADNESS (190)               56
2. OHS ALUMNI (183)            53      MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
3. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        45      Unchartered Team
4. KILL 'EM ALL (173)          25
5. WAR MACHINE (26)            24PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      124  82  5 60.2   1/ 6 MADNESS (190)            10  5 0
 2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      831 673 26 55.3   2/ 1 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       9  2 0
 3/ 4 KILL 'EM ALL (173)       267 226 24 54.2   3/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       9  5 0
 4/ 7 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      756 671 29 53.0   4/11 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      8  7 0
 5- 6 NBA LEGENDS (156)         98  87  9 53.0   5/ 3 WAR MACHINE (26)          7  8 1
 6/ 8 DARQUE AGES (29)         889 809 38 52.4   6/ 9 PRAY THE GODS (155)       6  2 0
 7/ 9 PRAY THE GODS (155)      390 371 26 51.2   7/13 KILL 'EM ALL (173)        6  4 0
 8/10 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     508 505 20 50.1   8/10 DARQUE AGES (29)          6  9 1
 9/11 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  285 296 20 49.1   9/ 5 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   6  9 0
10/12 LITERATE LOONS (40)      608 711 28 46.1  10- 8 NBA LEGENDS (156)         5  5 0
11/13 MADNESS (190)             39  46  1 45.9  11/ 4*PEN ISLAND SKEETER (195)  5 10 0
12/14 OHS ALUMNI (183)         187 279 13 40.1  12/ 7 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       5 10 0
13/ 5*PEN ISLAND SKEETER (195)   8  12  0 40.0  13/12 LITERATE LOONS (40)       5 10 0
14/15 WAR MACHINE (26)         182 285 25 39.0  14/14 OHS ALUMNI (183)          5 10 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.

A successful title defense and I get whisked off to the Isle. Oh well, retirement 
awaits. My dismal numbers for all to have a good laugh over, as follows:

10(1) -- 14(1) -- 10 -- 13 -- 18(1) -- 5 -- 17 AB.

I leave with 3 skill ratings. Advexpert in rip, Advexpert in att and expert in par. As 
an AB I can't for the life of me express my outrage at being mode attack but +3 parry 
and having learned a grand total of 3 defense skills. I also don't know what I find 
more disturbing, the SH as my favorite weapon or VL/L rhythm.

Bottom line is my boss has no budget room for a non-21 DF AB with pathetic bonuses. So 
perhaps I should laugh at the fact I fooled all of you into thinking I was an elite 
warrior. LOL Elite, that's to funny. So this is short and sweet. I'll be sure to raise 
an ale to all of you when I get to the Isle. /salute

                                          -- Anduril

                                      SPY REPORT

Welcome back to The Spire!  One sunny day in the middle of the night, two dead boys 
arose to fight.  No, wait, that is my October tourney opening.  Let me find my notes . 
. . ah, yes.  Good to see you again, ya bums!  You want fights?  I got fights for ya.  
Do you want death? Well, I got lots of disappointment for you there.  We'll get to it 
in a bit.  Okay, let's take a look at how some of you embarrassed yourselves and 
shamed your family's name. 

Last turn's Duelmaster was making his last appearance today.  He's moving on up to the 
east side, or wherever the Isle is, I flunked Alastarian geography.  Anduril made one 
last appearance for fan service and bid farewell.  It is usually a touching scene, but 
Jim Tully decided he'd send our newest Lord Protector with a few new scars and loss.  
It was super emotional for many people and for many different reasons.  Jim Tully is 
our newest Duelmaster, and he is also our newest Lord Protector!  Congrats to JT, who 
is managed by Sherman.

It looks like we are getting back to our regular form, at least in the avoid 
department.  Kill 'Em All was the most avoided team, and would you like to guess who 
avoided them the most?  Anyone?  It was Pray the Gods. In the most challenged warrior 
category, a star is born in Dorothy Parker.  Okay, maybe not, but she is the most 
challenged. Rich Hoyt challenged Mrs. Parker, and he was able to win in a rather one-
sided match.

Okay, time for some stats:

     Total Fights:  33 (+2 from last turn)
     Dark Arena Deaths:  2 (2-0 for the DA)
     Non-DA Deaths:  1 (minimal effort)
     Challenge Fights:  15 (8-7-0 for the challengers)

     Largest Up Challenge:  24 points - AVLUV (81-3670) (3-0-0,9) of PEN ISLAND 
     SKEETERS challenged STORMCALLER (81-3586) (8-9-0,33) of WICKED MARTYRS.  AVLUV 
     was devastated by STORMCALLER in a 1-minute one-sided Challenge brawl.

     Largest Down Challenge:  32 points - LEEROY JENKINS (81-3177) (31-12-0,105) of 
     KILL 'EM ALL challenged BUYICA (81-3606) (9-5-1,73) of WICKED MARTYRS.  LEEROY 
     JENKINS luckily beat BUYICA in a 6-minute uneven Challenge fight.

I think those are all the highlights, or in the case of you guys, the least 
embarrassing tidbits of information.  NBA Legends were MIA this turn, but we still had 
more fights.  Mirkwood Orcs were missing a fighter, so not sure if that was an error 
or some nefarious purpose. Remember the rules for no tourney arenas!  Fight totals 
should be divisible by 5 every turn, ya bums!

Okay, come back next turn.  You know the spiel.  Every time a team goes inactive in 
The Spire a puppy dies.  Or, whatever animal twists the emotionally manipulative knife 
in your stone-cold hearts and brings you back.  We will have a new Duelmaster as Jim 
Tully leaves us, and I haven't the foggiest idea who has the best shot for it.  I have 
the feeling it is going to be another one of those "recognition point" crownings.  
Gods help us! See you in two weeks! 

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JIM TULLY 3475               22  12  0   122       LITERATE LOONS (40)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NARSIL 3401                  33   8  0   110       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 LEEROY JENKINS 3177          32  12  0   108       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 XOBIAS 3458                  25  12  0   107       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-LARRY BIRD 2384              20  17  1   107       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 MANGONEL 3410                22  23  0   103       DARQUE AGES (29)
 DEEP SIX 3597                12   1  2   103       KILL 'EM ALL (173)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZAGRID 3528                  18   9  1    90       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 THE LIMPER 3516              14  14  0    89       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
-WILT THE STILT 2383          20  17  3    87       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 VELINA 3478                  19  14  0    87       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 FASTRADA 3607                 8   7  0    85       DARQUE AGES (29)
 BUYICA 3606                   9   6  1    83       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 FRAYED KNOT 3438             21  14  0    80       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 RINGIL 3633                  10   1  0    78       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 UHKANT 3497                  22  10  0    76       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-KAREEM 2382                  18  19  0    76       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 ZEHDEA 3577                  12   8  0    73       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WRATHCHILD 3140               6   5  1    62       WAR MACHINE (26)
 GLORYHOUND 3007              12  14  1    60       WAR MACHINE (26)
 SPEKT 3541                   11  13  0    60       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 KOOMADON 3602                 9   6  0    60       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 BAMNOR 3608                   9   5  0    58       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BROKEN BLADE 3494            12  17  1    56       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 THE REPLACEMENT 3526         13  14  2    55       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 RICKY SCHMIDT 3522           13  14  0    54       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 KAIBOSH 3546                  8  10  1    54       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
-HAKEEM 2521                  10  16  3    49       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 BROKEN 3644                   6   4  0    49       MADNESS (190)
 BUCKS INA TUX 3628            7   6  0    48       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 RAYMOND CARVER 3543           9  15  0    42       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 RIP PAPA BEAR 3635            6   6  0    42       MADNESS (190)
 SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582          8  11  0    41       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 RICH HOYT 3643                6   5  0    41       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 STORMCALLER 3586              9   9  0    40       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 KYLE DEMONBLADE 3634          5   8  0    40       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 DOOT 3603                     7   4  0    35       PRAY THE GODS (155)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHANKAR 3585                  7   5  0    33       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 SARAH LINDER 3642             6   5  0    33       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 STING 3661                    5   0  0    30       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 STEINAR 3630                  6   6  0    29       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DOROTHY PARKER 3591           5  13  1    29       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 THE EMPTY PROMISE 3662        4   2  0    26       WAR MACHINE (26)
 LAUDINA 3658                  3   4  0    25       MADNESS (190)
 MR. JENKINS 3682              1   2  0    24       OHS ALUMNI (183)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HANDY ROYTT 3132              5   7  0    22       WAR MACHINE (26)
 YRVO 3666                     2   2  0    21       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648           5   3  1    19       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
-PISTOL PETE 3683              1   0  0    16       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 XIQUEEL 3659                  4   3  0    15       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 PRIVID 3665                   2   3  0    15       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 TINY TIM 3663                 4   2  0    14       MADNESS (190)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651            1   8  0    13       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 RECLAN 3650                   3   1  0    10       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 AVLUV 3670                    3   1  0    10       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 CRIXX 3672                    2   3  0    10       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 PERCY 3688                    1   0  0    10       MADNESS (190)
 SETSET 3667                   2   2  0     8       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 OTTO THE GREAT 3685           1   1  1     8       DARQUE AGES (29)
 REST IN PEACES 3657           1   3  0     6       KILL 'EM ALL (173)
 SAI 3678                      1   0  0     5       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 MARGERY KEMPE 3686            1   1  0     4       DARQUE AGES (29)
 LISA POTTING 3684             0   2  0     2       OHS ALUMNI (183)
 DEWANNA 3689                  0   1  0     1       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 DICKIE 3690                   0   1  0     1       PEN ISLAND SKEETERS (195)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
GROTTO 3687             0  2 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    OTTO THE GREAT 3685   391   
WEAK SURF 3691          0  1 0 DARQUE AGES 29       ARENAMASTER           391  NONE
THE SOCIOPATH 3679      2  2 1 WAR MACHINE 26       BLACK ORC             391  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Mangonel -- I need to have a serious talk with my weaponsmith! I was lucky to last 
that minute and a half after my weapon broke. -- Xobias

Larry Bird -- Okay, Okay that makes 3 for you. Now BE GONE!! -- Uhkant

Narsil -- I wasn't much competition , good defense. -- Zagrid

Fastrada -- Fast as fast can be, you got me. -- Zehdea

All -- Welcome the newest Longbeard to the clan...Grotto, he is named in honor of 
Otto.

Congrats Scriptoria and Anduril on your invite to the Isle. -- Clan Longbeard

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THE SOCIOPATH was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
WEAK SURF was slaughtered by ARENAMASTER in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
LEEROY JENKINS luckily beat BUYICA in a 6 minute uneven Challenge fight.
FRAYED KNOT was savagely defeated by MANGONEL in a 5 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
DEEP SIX vanquished FASTRADA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
THE LIMPER was savagely defeated by XOBIAS in a 3 minute master's Challenge brawl.
WRATHCHILD was overcome by UHKANT in a action packed 3 minute uneven Challenge melee.
KYLE DEMONBLADE lost to RICKY SCHMIDT in a action packed 1 minute Challenge fight.
THE REPLACEMENT was vanquished by SPEKT in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BROKEN beat SHIRLEY JACKSON in a popular 2 minute Challenge melee.
RICH HOYT overpowered DOROTHY PARKER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
STING unbelievably bested OTTO'S FRY GUY in a 5 minute bloody Challenge conflict.
RIP PAPA BEAR savagely defeated STEINAR in a 2 minute bloody Challenge match.
SARAH LINDER beat YRVO in a 3 minute master vs. novice Challenge conflict.
MR. JENKINS vanquished SETSET in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
LISA POTTING slimly lost to CRIXX in a 6 minute bloody novice's Challenge fray.
AVLUV was devastated by STORMCALLER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
ANDURIL was beaten by JIM TULLY in a 2 minute veteran's Title match.
ZAGRID overpowered KOOMADON in a 1 minute one-sided match.
RINGIL slimly won victory over M. CHARDINEE in a crowd pleasing 6 minute competition.
ZEHDEA was beaten by VELINA in a action packed 1 minute fight.
RAYMOND CARVER was savagely defeated by KAIBOSH in a 3 minute gruesome bout.
GLORYHOUND won victory over BUCKS INA TUX in a crowd pleasing 1 minute fray.
BAMNOR overpowered THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DOOT defeated ANTON CHEKHOV in a 3 minute brutal duel.
SHANKAR savagely defeated XIQUEEL in a 2 minute gory duel.
HANDY ROYTT was luckily beaten by LAUDINA in a 2 minute gruesome match.
THE EMPTY PROMISE overpowered MARGERY KEMPE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TINY TIM beat REST IN PEACES in a 4 minute fray.
RECLAN was outlasted by PRIVID in a tiresome 14 minute gory beginner's competition.
OTTO THE GREAT slew GROTTO in a 1 minute beginner's duel.
PERCY overpowered DICKIE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DEWANNA was defeated by SAI in a exciting 3 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL                    9         PARRY-RIPOSTE     17 -   9 -  0      65  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      9         WALL OF STEEL     57 -  40 -  2      59  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         TOTAL PARRY       37 -  26 -  0      59  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  8         PARRY-STRIKE      13 -  13 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         STRIKING ATTACK   37 -  41 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      6         BASHING ATTACK    30 -  37 -  2      45  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-LUNGE       33 -  41 -  1      45  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         SLASHING ATTACK   36 -  45 -  2      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        26 -  33 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  46 -  0      43  |

Turn 391 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-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  5         5  WALL OF STEEL  
WALL OF STEEL      6 -  3     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         2  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    5 -  3     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  7         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  2                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  4                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  3                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    JIM TULLY 3475             22  12  0  122 LITERATE LOONS (40)
TOTAL PARRY      LEEROY JENKINS 3177        32  12  0  108 KILL 'EM ALL (173)
WALL OF STEEL    XOBIAS 3458                25  12  0  107 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
STRIKING ATTACK  DEEP SIX 3597              12   1  2  103 KILL 'EM ALL (173)
PARRY-STRIKE     ZAGRID 3528                18   9  1   90 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
SLASHING ATTACK  VELINA 3478                19  14  0   87 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PARRY-LUNGE      BUYICA 3606                 9   6  1   83 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
LUNGING ATTACK   WRATHCHILD 3140             6   5  1   62 WAR MACHINE (26)
BASHING ATTACK   DOOT 3603                   7   4  0   35 PRAY THE GODS (155)

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 MANGONEL 3410.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BUYICA 3606.  The ten other most popular fighters were DEWANNA 3689, MANGONEL 
3410, WRATHCHILD 3140, SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582, XOBIAS 3458, YRVO 3666, RINGIL 3633, 
REST IN PEACES 3657, BROKEN 3644, and OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648.

The least popular fighter this week was PRIVID 3665.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TINY TIM 3663, DICKIE 3690, GROTTO 3687, RAYMOND CARVER 3543, KOOMADON 
3602, AVLUV 3670, SETSET 3667, STING 3661, DOROTHY PARKER 3591, and THE REPLACEMENT 
3526.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

JIM TULLY (81-3475) LITERATE LOONS (40)

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

ANDURIL (81-3435) MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)