DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/16/2022    Duedate: 11/29/2022

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-411

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HAKEEM
NBA LEGENDS (156)
(81-2521) [21-22-4,176]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HAKEEM                         POSITION IS EMPTY
NBA LEGENDS (156)              
(81-2521) [21-22-4,176]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SHIRLEY JACKSON                CLYDE THE GLIDE
LITERATE LOONS (40)            NBA LEGENDS (156)
(81-3582) [20-18-0,103]        (81-3732) [6-6-0,45]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

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          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. HEROES & VILLAINS (197)     34
2. DARQUE AGES (29)            33      HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
3. LITERATE LOONS (40)         32      Unchartered Team
4. WICKED MARTYRS (148)        29
5. NBA LEGENDS (156)           27      THE SCRAPYARD (143)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   57  32  1 64.0   1/ 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)  11  4 1
 2/ 2 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      176 129  9 57.7   2/ 2 NBA LEGENDS (156)        11  4 1
 3/ 3 NBA LEGENDS (156)        150 120 10 55.6   3/ 4 MADNESS (190)             8  7 1
 4/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      881 716 28 55.2   4/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       8  7 0
 5/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      810 716 29 53.1   5/ 9 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      7  6 0
 6/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29)         937 860 39 52.1   6/ 7 DARQUE AGES (29)          7  8 0
 7/ 7 PRAY THE GODS (155)      434 402 28 51.9   7/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       7  8 0
 8/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     550 548 22 50.1   8/10 LITERATE LOONS (40)       7  8 0
 9/ 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  329 352 23 48.3   9/ 8 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       7  8 0
10/10 MADNESS (190)             86  99  5 46.5  10/ 6 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   5 10 1
11/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      653 761 30 46.2  11/11 PRAY THE GODS (155)       3  5 0
12-12*NAME TAGS (199)           12  23  4 34.3  12-12*NAME TAGS (199)           1  4 1

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

                                      SPY REPORT

Before I started writing this spy report, the boss told me to be accurate, brief, and 
then be seated.  I'll be as brief as I possibly can, no matter how long it takes!  
Welcome back to Shadowspire!  We are the jewel, the most illustrious no-tourney arena 
in the land of Alastari! So, you have come to the right place if you want to be 
entertained by the fighters and amazed by the buffoonery!  Okay, let's get to it today 
because I have a few other things I need to do before the light fades this evening.

I really wish these guys would make up their minds about this Duelmaster's title!  It 
feels like we get a new guy up here about every week!  Can't any of you hold onto that 
big comfortable chair for more than a turn?  Bah, of course, you can!  You have just 
chosen to be difficult and make me work more and more.  Xiqueel was our Duelmaster, 
key emphasis on the was.  We didn't have a lot of challenges this turn, but Hakeem 
made sure to try his hand at this arena champion gig.  He totally dunked on Xiqueel 
and is our new Duelmaster!  Congrats to Hakeem, who is managed by . . . someone.

Alright, time for BY THE NUMBERS, which is always brought to us by Otto's Diner.

     Fights:             28 (same as the last turn)
     Bloodfeuds:          0
     Dark Arena Deaths:   2 (1-1 for the DA Crew)
     Non-DA Deaths:       1
     Challenges:          9

     Largest Up-Challenge:  +9 points.  SAI (81-3678) (13-3-0,69) of PRAY THE 
     GODS challenged LAUDINA (81-3658) (14-12-2,78) of MADNESS. SAI unbelievably 
     bested LAUDINA in a popular 4-minute brutal Challenge fight.

     Largest Down Challenge:  +13 points.  JIHL BLAZEFURY (81-3735) (8-4-0,56) of 
     BIG LAKE SOLUTION challenged CLYDE THE GLIDE (81-3732) (6-5-0,43) of NBA 
     LEGENDS. JIHL BLAZEFURY unbelievably bested CLYDE THE GLIDE in a 6-minute 
     competition.

     Most Avoided:       NBA Legends
     Avoiding Most:      Clan Longbeard

     Most Challenged:    Shirley Jackson of Literate Loons

It looks like Clan Longbeard has lost another promising warrior. Slaine leaves the 
arena at 12-5 and is the second warrior that Clan Longbeard has lost on the sands in 
the last 4 turns.  Death is part of arena life, which sounds like a nice pithy quote.  
But, it still stings when you lose veteran warriors.  Condolences to Visionist and his 
crew.  We await to see the intensity of this bloodfeud since it was a challenge kill.

Time for me to go, ya bums!  Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you are so sad, but I need to cut 
out and get my drink on.  I mean, I put in these long hours watching the gladiators 
exercise.  I watch them slash, stab, and bash one another, and then I talk about it!  
It is exhausting!  I need a drink!  Oh wait, I already said that, so I better get 
going.  See you next time.

                                          -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAKEEM 2521                  21  22  4   176       NBA LEGENDS (156)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZORRO 3706                   14   4  0   117       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 BONNIE PARKER 3702            9   9  1   112       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 CRIXX 3672                   17   8  2   106       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582         20  18  0   103       LITERATE LOONS (40)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROKEN 3644                  19  11  0    94       MADNESS (190)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 XIQUEEL 3659                 14  13  1    90       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SPEKT 3541                   17  27  0    88       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767         8   0  0    87       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 ELLEN RIPLEY 3703             9   9  0    82       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 SAI 3678                     14   3  0    80       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 BAMNOR 3608                  16  18  0    78       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 RAYMOND CARVER 3543          16  27  1    77       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 LAUDINA 3658                 14  13  2    74       MADNESS (190)
 DOROTHY PARKER 3591          15  22  1    68       LITERATE LOONS (40)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648          15  13  1    66       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SAILASA 3692                 10   5  0    65       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 MARGERY KEMPE 3686           13   9  1    63       DARQUE AGES (29)
 MAGNA CARTA 3747              8   3  0    61       DARQUE AGES (29)
 JIHL BLAZEFURY 3735           9   4  0    59       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 STING 3661                   14  11  1    58       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651            8  20  0    58       LITERATE LOONS (40)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUTOMBO 3728                 11   3  0    55       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF 3744         8   3  1    52       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 TRACI 3740                    5   7  0    51       MADNESS (190)
 PRIVID 3665                  12  13  0    49       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 RUINN 3695                   10  10  0    48       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 SAUL BELLOW 3709              8  10  1    48       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 BERTHA 3769                   6   2  0    48       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732          6   6  0    45       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 DR. ROBOTNIK 3737            10   3  0    42       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 RECLAN 3650                  10  10  1    41       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 CHRISTINE DE PIZAN 3727       8   7  0    38       DARQUE AGES (29)
 FOE-HAMMER 3736               5   8  0    35       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KOMMA 3766                    5   3  0    33       MADNESS (190)
-PIP SQUEEK 3754               3   4  1    33       NAME TAGS (199)
 5TURNSTHENDA 3777             3   3  1    33       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 BUBONIC 3770                  4   4  0    30       DARQUE AGES (29)
 AHNA MISSTEP 3729             4  10  1    28       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 SIR CHARLES 3733              7   5  0    26       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 OTTO'S MGR 3778               4   1  0    26       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 ANTONITUS 3782                3   1  1    26       MADNESS (190)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FENRIR 3780                   3   2  0    22       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 GAYNE 3783                    2   1  0    22       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-BIG DOPE 3752                 2   5  1    21       NAME TAGS (199)
 OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775            3   4  0    20       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 DOMINIQUE 3781                2   3  0    18       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 DRUV 3785                     1   0  0    18       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 HEDGE 3787                    1   0  0    16       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 MOUTH OF SAURON 3773          4   3  0    15       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 WORMTONGUE 3774               4   3  0    15       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BELLYTIMBER 3771              3   5  0    15       DARQUE AGES (29)
-JIVE TURKEY 3753              2   5  1    12       NAME TAGS (199)
-BIG BERTHA 3768               3   2  0    11       NAME TAGS (199)
 OTTO'S JANITOR 3779           1   3  0     6       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 GORGOL 3786                   1   2  0     5       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DWEEB 3776                    0   3  0     3       NAME TAGS (199)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER        0  0 0                      ANTONITUS 3782        411  NONE
SLAINE 3713            12  5 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    BONNIE PARKER 3702    411   
ZAGRID 3528            25 18 1 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    CRIXX 3672            407  REVENGED
HIGH ELF                0  0 0 DARK ARENA           5TURNSTHENDA 3777     411  NONE
MIMI 3765               0  4 0 MADNESS 190          DOOMSDAY 3720         407  NONE
BROKEN BLADE 3494      22 24 2 MIRKWOOD ORCS 188    XIQUEEL 3659          408   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Visionist -- Thank you for your continued efforts on the Shadowspire HOF Reports. I 
have always enjoyed looking them over even before I had anyone on the list. Having two 
now is pretty sweet. BTW, I assume that once in the HOF a warrior can not get bumped 
out of the HOF? Not sure why they would, but just curious. Thanks, again -- Boss Orc
P.S. Not like any of my current crop of losers has any chance. They are performing, as 
expected. In the old days I'd abuse the dark arena and dump the corpses in the river, 
but I grow soft in my old age and really don't want to face the wails and cries of 
anguish from their families. Not that their families care about them, just the lost 
income from their paltry allowance. Orcs, amirite? LOL

Hakeem -- Wow that was brutal! Good luck in th future. -- Lord Protector Uhkant in the 
Shadows

Khalhums Dwarf -- You are one tough dude! -- Slaine

Sting -- I guess I will have to take that loss for the training. -- Ruinn the Amenable

Wormtoungue -- Medeocrity has kicked in. -- Fenrir the Flat

Komma -- You fight like you are in one. -- Gayne the Snide

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

5TURNSTHENDA unbelievably slew HIGH ELF in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
ELLEN RIPLEY was demolished by SHIRLEY JACKSON in a 1 minute Challenge melee.
HAKEEM overpowered XIQUEEL in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title duel.
SAI unbelievably bested LAUDINA in a popular 4 minute brutal Challenge fight.
BONNIE PARKER butchered SLAINE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
SNIDELY WHIPLASH overpowered SAILASA in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
JIHL BLAZEFURY unbelievably bested CLYDE THE GLIDE in a 6 minute competition.
RECLAN was vanquished by ANTON CHEKHOV in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
AHNA MISSTEP was vanquished by BERTHA in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
DOMINIQUE was narrowly defeated by OTTO'S MGR in a 3 minute Challenge match.
CRIXX demolished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ZORRO handily defeated BAMNOR in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
OTTO'S FRY GUY was demolished by SPEKT in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
BROKEN viciously subdued RAYMOND CARVER in a 2 minute veteran's conflict.
DOROTHY PARKER bested CHRISTINE DE PIZAN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
TRACI was savagely defeated by MAGNA CARTA in a 1 minute bloody brawl.
OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF was bested by MARGERY KEMPE in a exciting 5 minute fight.
STING savagely defeated PRIVID in a exciting 5 minute gory veteran's bout.
RUINN overcame FOE-HAMMER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute competition.
SAUL BELLOW overpowered GAYNE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MUTOMBO narrowly defeated DR. ROBOTNIK in a dull 31 minute bout.
WORMTONGUE was vanquished by KOMMA in a 1 minute mismatched fray.
SIR CHARLES luckily beat BELLYTIMBER in a popular 4 minute gory match.
OTTO'S BUSBOY was unbelievably bested by BUBONIC in a popular 2 minute gruesome match.
MOUTH OF SAURON was defeated by FENRIR in a 1 minute brutal bout.
OTTO'S JANITOR was vanquished by DRUV in a action packed 1 minute gory uneven bout.
ANTONITUS easily killed MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
GORGOL was vanquished by HEDGE in a 2 minute one-sided bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                     10         TOTAL PARRY       67 -  38 -  2      64  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         WALL OF STEEL     25 -  20 -  2      56  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         AIMED BLOW        38 -  31 -  0      55  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     20 -  17 -  0      54  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  23 -  3      54  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         STRIKING ATTACK   30 -  31 -  3      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         SLASHING ATTACK   21 -  26 -  2      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         PARRY-LUNGE       21 -  28 -  2      43  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    41 -  59 -  3      41  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE      11 -  18 -  1      38  |

Turn 411 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      3 -  0     AIMED BLOW         3 -  4         2  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  5         2  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        7 -  3     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  4         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-LUNGE        4 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  3         1  BASHING ATTACK 
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-LUNGE    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       ZORRO 3706                 14   4  0  117 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
TOTAL PARRY      CRIXX 3672                 17   8  2  106 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
LUNGING ATTACK   SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582       20  18  0  103 LITERATE LOONS (40)
WALL OF STEEL    BROKEN 3644                19  11  0   94 MADNESS (190)
SLASHING ATTACK  XIQUEEL 3659               14  13  1   90 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PARRY-LUNGE      LAUDINA 3658               14  13  2   74 MADNESS (190)
STRIKING ATTACK  OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF 3744       8   3  1   52 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
BASHING ATTACK   BERTHA 3769                 6   2  0   48 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SHIRLEY JACKSON 3582.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732.  The ten other most popular fighters were OTTO'S 
SOUS-CHEF 3744, LAUDINA 3658, STING 3661, BELLYTIMBER 3771, DOMINIQUE 3781, BROKEN 
3644, RUINN 3695, OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775, BUBONIC 3770, and MARGERY KEMPE 3686.

The least popular fighter this week was DR. ROBOTNIK 3737.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MUTOMBO 3728, MOUTH OF SAURON 3773, WORMTONGUE 3774, GAYNE 
3783, PRIVID 3665, TRACI 3740, CHRISTINE DE PIZAN 3727, OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648, RECLAN 
3650, and SAILASA 3692.

                  MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXXVI

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
GIBSON 2381 (136-60-2)                 7  3  0         WICKED MARTYRS       
HORRID 2659 (98-63-0)                  1  3  0         WICKED MARTYRS       

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
BARBAROSSA 2098 (73-95-1)              6  3  0         DARQUE AGES          
DOCTOR J 2385 (28-23-1)                1  3  0         NBA LEGENDS          
TERMINATOR 3086 (27-29-4)              1  3  0         KILL 'EM ALL         
DANTE 3002 (59-68-3)                   0  2  0         DARQUE AGES          
DEEP SIX 3597 (20-7-2)                 0  2  0         KILL 'EM ALL         
TAMERLANE 1764 (41-54-2)               0  2  0         DARQUE AGES          
TOMAHAWK 3055 (29-40-3)                0  2  0         KILL 'EM ALL         

DEAD INITIATES TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
ANGRIST 3400 (3-1-1)                   0  2  0         MIRKWOOD ORCS        

DEAD APPRENTICES TOURNEY               W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DAVY BONES 2842 (2-2-0)                3  3  0         SHANGHAIED