DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/11/2023    Duedate: 01/24/2023

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-415

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RAYMOND CARVER
LITERATE LOONS (40)
(81-3543) [20-27-1,113]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

I'M DRUNK                      GORSWAMPUS
INEBRIATION (27)               ARDUIN (200)
(81-3337) [21-15-0,133]        (81-3798) [2-1-0,28]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ANTON CHEKHOV                  ELLEN RIPLEY
LITERATE LOONS (40)            HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
(81-3651) [9-23-0,58]          (81-3703) [10-12-0,64]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NBA LEGENDS (156)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. NBA LEGENDS (156)           35
2. BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)     32      HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
3. CULT OF BACCHUS (4)         30      Unchartered Team
4. MADNESS (190)               26
5. INEBRIATION (27)            23      ARDUIN (200)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   65  44  1 59.6   1/ 2 NBA LEGENDS (156)        12  3 2
 2/ 2 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      186 134  9 58.1   2/ 1 LITERATE LOONS (40)      10  4 1
 3/ 3 NBA LEGENDS (156)        165 125 12 56.9   3/ 7 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      10  5 0
 4/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      887 730 28 54.9   4/ 4 MADNESS (190)             8  7 2
 5/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      822 724 31 53.2   5/ 5 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      8  7 0
 6/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29)         942 872 39 51.9   6/ 3 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       7  8 2
 7/ 7 PRAY THE GODS (155)      439 410 29 51.7   7/12 PLUM ISLAND SKEETE (195)  6  4 0
 8/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     559 558 22 50.0   8/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   6  8 0
 9/ 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  337 363 23 48.1   9/13*ARDUIN (200)              6  9 0
10/10 MADNESS (190)             97 108  7 47.3  10/11 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       5 10 0
11/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      666 767 31 46.5  11/ 6 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   5 10 0
12/12 PLUM ISLAND SKEETE (195)  42  57  1 42.4  12/ 0 INEBRIATION (27)          3  2 0
13/ 0 INEBRIATION (27)         347 492 25 41.4  13/ 8 PRAY THE GODS (155)       3  6 1
14/13*ARDUIN (200)               6  14  0 30.0  14/ 9 DARQUE AGES (29)          2 10 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to SHADOWSPIRE once again!  Woof!  LITERATE LOONS were a bunch of 
dogs after NBA LEGENDS got through with 'em!  2nd ain't so sweet as 1st!  Hmmmph!  I 
always thought HEROES & VILLAINS was an over-rated team and they proved it with a 
1-4-0!  Ya gotta be quick on yer feet!  Keep your elbow off the table!  Thrust!  
Block out the pain!  PLUM ISLAND SKEETERS is now ranked 7th with a 3-2-0 turn.  Some 
people say I ramble too much, I don't say anything relevant.  I repeat myself.  I 
ramble.  Well MIRKWOOD ORCS moved up 4, to 3rd.  What's with XIQUEEL?  She actually 
beat WICKED MARTYRS' SPEKT, and walked away with 16 more points from the fight.  
Major screwup at PRAY THE GODS.  RECLAN lost 15 points to TRACI.  Some new 
strategies, perhaps?  Maybe RECLAN will provide more easy wins...  I'm sure 
SHADOWSPIRE is excited about RAYMOND CARVER, the new Duelmaster from LITERATE LOONS.  
(remember?)  But when you've seen as many as I have...  Wouldn't it be nice to have 
live subjects to practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses of convicted 
prisoners.   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  How well I know the 
feeling of being in the most avoided team!  Don't fall out of practive, MIRKWOOD 
ORCS!  In my day, no team with a 182-133-9 would scare me off!  What's the problem, 
CLAN LONGBEARD?  What do people see in SPEKT?  His 18-30-0?  WICKED MARTYRS ain't 
talkin', but he's got 84 points.  Keep challenging up 33 points, CLYDE THE GLIDE, and 
I won't have to write about you much longer.  SNIDELY WHIPLASH always accepts those 
kind of challenges...  CLYDE THE GLIDE did pretty good last week in beating SNIDELY 
WHIPLASH to get 26 points.  Why did SNIDELY WHIPLASH lose, you ask?  Simple:  he 
wasn't good enough.  LAUDINA didn't quite know what to make of a challenge she 
received from ZORRO of HEROES & VILLAINS, who is 18 points below her.  ZORRO perhaps 
got his just desserts, seeing as he lost to LAUDINA and ended up with 77 recognition 
points.   
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Hmm...  More surprises must remain in store for me, 
if HAKEEM can return from the Dark Arena.  Some people in SHADOWSPIRE think CLAN 
LONGBEARD was too harsh when they sent HEDGE (3-1-1) to the Dark Arena.  Them's the 
breaks, I say.  BUBONIC, with his forgettable 4-8-0,  was dispatched by ANTONITUS in 
a forgettable match.  DARQUE AGES didn't seem to mind very much.  Here's some advice: 
study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.   
     Who knows what the future holds for a warrior.  More fights, there's no doubt.  
The end of another Spyreport!  That's cause for celebration in my book!  Time for my 
medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAYMOND CARVER 3543          20  27  1   113       LITERATE LOONS (40)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 I'M DRUNK 3337               21  15  0   133       INEBRIATION (27)
 CROWN VANILLA 3447           12   8  2   129       INEBRIATION (27)
 CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732         10   6  1   106       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 XIQUEEL 3659                 16  15  1    97       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SPEKT 3541                   18  30  0    84       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767        11   1  0    81       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF 3744        10   5  1    81       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648          17  15  1    78       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 ZORRO 3706                   15   7  0    77       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 SAUL BELLOW 3709             12  10  1    75       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 MAGNA CARTA 3747             10   5  0    75       DARQUE AGES (29)
 DOROTHY PARKER 3591          16  25  1    74       LITERATE LOONS (40)
-SAILASA 3692                 12   6  0    74       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 MUTOMBO 3728                 15   3  0    72       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 PRIVID 3665                  15  14  0    72       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 BAMNOR 3608                  16  22  0    70       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SAI 3678                     14   6  0    69       PRAY THE GODS (155)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIR CHARLES 3733             11   5  0    66       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 ELLEN RIPLEY 3703            10  12  0    64       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 AVLUV 3670                   10  10  0    64       PLUM ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 TRACI 3740                    8   8  0    62       MADNESS (190)
 STING 3661                   16  12  1    61       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651            9  23  0    58       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 RUINN 3695                   12  12  0    57       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MARGERY KEMPE 3686           14  12  1    55       DARQUE AGES (29)
 DR. ROBOTNIK 3737            12   5  0    51       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 RECLAN 3650                  11  13  2    51       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 JIHL BLAZEFURY 3735          11   6  0    49       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 YRVO 3666                     9  11  0    46       PLUM ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 FOE-HAMMER 3736               6  10  0    44       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 MOUTH OF SAURON 3773          7   3  0    41       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 WORMTONGUE 3774               6   4  0    41       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 GAYNE 3783                    4   3  1    39       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 OTTO'S MGR 3778               6   3  0    38       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775            6   5  0    35       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 AHNA MISSTEP 3729             5  13  1    34       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANTONITUS 3782                5   3  2    29       MADNESS (190)
 GORSWAMPUS 3798               2   1  0    28       ARDUIN (200)
 AMBER LYNN 3738               6   3  0    27       PLUM ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 FENRIR 3780                   5   4  0    27       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 KOMMA 3766                    6   6  0    24       MADNESS (190)
 RON 3750                      3   4  0    24       PLUM ISLAND SKEETERS (195)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 YEET 3708                     4  11  0    23       PLUM ISLAND SKEETERS (195)
 GORGOL 3786                   3   3  0    22       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 PHANDELYON 3805               2   0  0    22       ARDUIN (200)
 BAVIL 3793                    4   0  0    19       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 DOMINIQUE 3781                3   6  0    15       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 OTTO'S JANITOR 3779           1   7  0    12       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 JESSEB 3803                   1   1  0    12       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
-DRUV 3785                     3   1  0    11       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 JIMPUUS 3794                  1   2  0    11       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 PBR 3555                      2   3  0     9       INEBRIATION (27)
 AGAVE 3599                    1   1  0     6       INEBRIATION (27)
 BLUE GUNKY 3808               1   1  0     6       ARDUIN (200)
 THROON 3807                   1   1  0     4       ARDUIN (200)
 SPACE CADET 3802              0   2  0     2       MADNESS (190)
 SUMMER SHANDY 3598            0   2  0     2       INEBRIATION (27)
 HELL MAIDEN 3810              0   1  0     1       ARDUIN (200)
 MAID MARION 3811              0   1  0     1       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 KAILE THE LITTLE 3809         0   1  0     1       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DOOMGUARD 3792          0  2 0 ARDUIN 200           HEDGE 3787            413   
HEDGE 3787              3  2 1 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    WURM KIN              415  NONE
BUBONIC 3770            4  8 0 DARQUE AGES 29       ANTONITUS 3782        415   
CHRISTINE DE PIZ 3727  10  8 0 DARQUE AGES 29       RECLAN 3650           414   
BERTHA 3769             6  4 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148   CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732  413   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Bonnie Parker -- Thank the Gods! See you soon! -- Ghost of Slaine

Privid -- You are really getting on my nerves! -- Ruinn the Miffed

Dominque -- I wasn't expecting you again the next match, though this one could have 
gone either way. Well fought. -- Fenrir the FlusteredB 

Doomguard -- Your death was not intended. Rest in Peace. -- Hedge the Contrite

Gorswampus -- Jeez what a name. Nice tree branch you fight with, want me to sign it? 
-- Bavil the Cheeky

Congrats Shirley Jackson on your invite to the Isle and thanks for taking care of our 
Bloodfued for us. -- Clan Longbeard

Mutombo -- Arghh! Just one more damnit. -- Ruinn the Forlorn

Sting -- Ohh well at least the training was good. -- Fenrir the Stymied

Sir Charles -- Poor training from crud like you. -- Gayne the Vexed 

Amber Lynn -- thanks for the workout. Unfortunately my boss says he needs a warrior of 
a different style with all the rift raft in the ranks. -- Hedge the Fraught

Blue Gunky -- Your name suits you. -- Bavil the Foolhardy

Congrats Crixx, Hakeem and Laudina on your invites to the Isle. -- Clan Longbeard

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HAKEEM butchered SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
HEDGE was dealt death by WURM KIN in a exciting 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena duel.
XIQUEEL demolished SPEKT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody uneven Challenge fight.
ZORRO was defeated by LAUDINA in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
CLYDE THE GLIDE devastated SNIDELY WHIPLASH in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
SIR CHARLES outlasted MARGERY KEMPE in a tiresome 16 minute Challenge struggle.
AHNA MISSTEP was bested by FOE-HAMMER in a 2 minute Challenge competition.
DR. ROBOTNIK luckily beat YRVO in a action packed 4 minute gruesome Challenge melee.
JIHL BLAZEFURY won victory over WORMTONGUE in a popular 3 minute Challenge duel.
OTTO'S BUSBOY vanquished DOMINIQUE in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
BLUE GUNKY beat SPACE CADET in a 2 minute novice's Challenge melee.
THROON was overpowered by GORGOL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
CRIXX was viciously subdued by RAYMOND CARVER in a 4 minute master's Title conflict.
I'M DRUNK devastated OTTO'S FRY GUY in a 1 minute bloody mismatched bout.
CROWN VANILLA overpowered MAGNA CARTA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
BAMNOR was unbelievably bested by MUTOMBO in a 3 minute mismatched bout.
DOROTHY PARKER was defeated by OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
SAUL BELLOW beat CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute match.
ELLEN RIPLEY was unbelievably bested by PRIVID in a 3 minute master's competition.
RECLAN lost to TRACI in a popular 1 minute match.
ANTON CHEKHOV was overcome by AVLUV in a action packed 6 minute duel.
STING bested GAYNE in a popular 1 minute one-sided bout.
MOUTH OF SAURON narrowly defeated RON in a exciting 2 minute duel.
FENRIR was defeated by OTTO'S MGR in a 2 minute duel.
RUINN overpowered KOMMA in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
AMBER LYNN outwaited OTTO'S JANITOR in a action packed 9 minute bout.
ANTONITUS viciously butchered BUBONIC in a 1 minute gruesome bout.
YEET beat JIMPUUS in a 1 minute expert vs. novice competition.
AGAVE defeated HELL MAIDEN in a 2 minute gruesome beginner's fight.
SUMMER SHANDY was defeated by PHANDELYON in a 1 minute novice's match.
PBR was overpowered by GORSWAMPUS in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BAVIL outlasted MAID MARION in a 8 minute beginner's bout.
JESSEB demolished KAILE THE LITTLE in a 1 minute uneven contest.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  12         TOTAL PARRY       69 -  36 -  2      66  |
|TOTAL PARRY                     10         WALL OF STEEL     21 -  14 -  1      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         PARRY-RIPOSTE     18 -  15 -  1      55  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         STRIKING ATTACK   29 -  26 -  4      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         PARRY-LUNGE       26 -  27 -  1      49  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      5         AIMED BLOW        33 -  38 -  0      46  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         BASHING ATTACK    24 -  28 -  4      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         SLASHING ATTACK   20 -  26 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    4         LUNGING ATTACK    43 -  58 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE       9 -  20 -  1      31  |

Turn 415 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:

BASHING ATTACK     4 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  7         3  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        8 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  3         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  5         2  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  2         2  AIMED BLOW     
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  3         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              AIMED BLOW         1 -  6         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    I'M DRUNK 3337             21  15  0  133 INEBRIATION (27)
STRIKING ATTACK  CROWN VANILLA 3447         12   8  2  129 INEBRIATION (27)
SLASHING ATTACK  XIQUEEL 3659               16  15  1   97 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
AIMED BLOW       SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767      11   1  0   81 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    SAUL BELLOW 3709           12  10  1   75 LITERATE LOONS (40)
TOTAL PARRY      MUTOMBO 3728               15   3  0   72 NBA LEGENDS (156)
LUNGING ATTACK   MOUTH OF SAURON 3773        7   3  0   41 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
PARRY-LUNGE      OTTO'S MGR 3778             6   3  0   38 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
BASHING ATTACK   OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775          6   5  0   35 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ANTON CHEKHOV 3651.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ELLEN RIPLEY 3703.  The ten other most popular fighters were YRVO 3666, 
OTTO'S JANITOR 3779, ANTON CHEKHOV 3651, WORMTONGUE 3774, RAYMOND CARVER 3543, BAMNOR 
3608, MOUTH OF SAURON 3773, FOE-HAMMER 3736, OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775, and HELL MAIDEN 
3810.

The least popular fighter this week was SIR CHARLES 3733.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MARGERY KEMPE 3686, BAVIL 3793, AMBER LYNN 3738, AVLUV 3670, 
KAILE THE LITTLE 3809, PBR 3555, SUMMER SHANDY 3598, JIMPUUS 3794, BUBONIC 3770, and 
KOMMA 3766.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

XIQUEEL (81-3659) BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

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

HAKEEM (81-2521) NBA LEGENDS (156)
LAUDINA (81-3658) MADNESS (190)
CRIXX (81-3672) WICKED MARTYRS (148)