DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 03/22/2023    Duedate: 04/04/2023

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-420

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CROWN VANILLA
INEBRIATION (27)
(81-3447) [15-10-3,127]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CROWN VANILLA                  BLUE GUNKY
INEBRIATION (27)               ARDUIN (200)
(81-3447) [15-10-3,127]        (81-3808) [4-3-0,43]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ELLEN RIPLEY                   CLYDE THE GLIDE
HEROES & VILLAINS (197)        NBA LEGENDS (156)
(81-3703) [14-13-0,89]         (81-3732) [13-8-1,93]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HEROES & VILLAINS (197)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. INEBRIATION (27)            49
2. PRAY THE GODS (155)         45      HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
3. DARQUE AGES (29)            34      Unchartered Team
4. HEROES & VILLAINS (197)     30
5. CLAN LONGBEARD (39)         26      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)   82  52  2 61.2   1/ 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)  10  5 1
 2- 2 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)      190 140  9 57.6   2/10 PRAY THE GODS (155)       9  5 0
 3/ 3 NBA LEGENDS (156)        177 138 12 56.2   3/ 3 INEBRIATION (27)          9  6 1
 4/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      897 744 28 54.7   4/ 2 MADNESS (190)             8  7 0
 5/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      832 739 31 53.0   5/11 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       7  7 0
 6/ 7 PRAY THE GODS (155)      448 415 29 51.9   6/ 7*ARDUIN (200)              7  8 1
 7/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29)         953 883 39 51.9   7/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)       7  8 0
 8/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     566 571 22 49.8   8/12 DARQUE AGES (29)          6  7 0
 9/ 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  348 377 24 48.0   9/ 9 NBA LEGENDS (156)         5 10 0
10/10 MADNESS (190)            107 120  7 47.1  10/ 6 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      4  8 0
11/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      676 780 31 46.4  11/ 4 LITERATE LOONS (40)       4  9 0
12/13 INEBRIATION (27)         363 501 27 42.0  12/ 8 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   4 11 1
13/14*ARDUIN (200)              15  30  1 33.3  13-13 MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)       2  3 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

                               SHADOWSPIRE HALL of FAME

                          76 GRAN TORINO of AMERICAN MUSCLE
                             CHAKHARI of KELLUMBO'S KIDS
                         BURM WOLFSNARL of BIG LAKE OUTCASTS
                              COPERNICUS of DARQUE AGES
                          ANVIL IRONFIST of DRAGONBANE GUILD
                               LUTHERIUS of WARMASTERS
                           RAT-LOVING CAT of LA PENTARCHIE
                               GURG of 4-LETTER CAVEMEN
                               KANODRAUG of THE DRAUGS
                               DUNNIK of CLAN LONGBEARD
                               CORRIN of CLAN LONGBEARD
                            CHILI SURPIRSE of OTTO'S DINER
                            LOW AND AWAY of CAPITAL CARTEL
                              HUMMINGBIRD of SUMMERBORN
                              OUTLAW PETE of JUNGLELAND
                             SHAVIOLA of OF WOLF AND MAN
                         69 FAIRLANE COBRA of AMERICAN MUSCLE
                             HOLY SHITAKE of OTTO'S DINER
                            GIGI DEVINE of CULT OF BACCHUS
                              CLERLEON of LA PENTARCHIE
                             GREMLIN STEW of OTTO'S DINER
                              VLAD TEPES of DARQUE AGES
                            LADY ORIEL of DRAGONBANE GUILD
                            BRAIN EATER of SOME KINDA HATE
                               YORKE of CLAN LONGBEARD
                              PRAWN STAR of OTTO'S DINER
                           GERTRUDE STEIN of LITERATE LOONS
                            MICKEY SLIM of WICKED MARTYRS
                            SLIM CHANCE of SOME KINDA HATE
                              JUIBLEX of MONSTER MANUAL
                                HADRIAN of WARMASTERS
                               GIBSON of WICKED MARTYRS
                            THE PAPERBOY of THE COMMODORES
                                TU DU of THE MONSANTIS
                           JET-BOOT JACK of THE COMMODORES
                               RISHVI of PRAY THE GODS
                             INNOCENT III of DARQUE AGES
                              SKINNY LENNY of SHANGHAIED
                               CASTILLON of DARQUE AGES
                               PAVIL of CLAN LONGBEARD
                               NARSIL of MIRKWOOD ORCS
                               DEEP SIX of KILL 'EM ALL
                               ZEHDEA of CLAN LONGBEARD
                               RINGIL of MIRKWOOD ORCS

The HoF is updated though turn 419. No new inductees to report since the last update. 
The Duelmaster, Lord Protector and Most Deadly lists have all been updated online at 
the Shadowspire Hall of Records. Next update will be on turn 430.

                                          -- Visionist
                                             Manager of Clan Longbeard
                                             Volunteer Administrator of the
                                             Shadowspire Hall of Records
                                             http://tinyurl.com/ShadowspireHallofFame

                                      SPY REPORT

Sigh . . . Welcome back to The Spire.  Fights and blood and other stuff.  I mean if 
you are into that kind of thing, which I totally am!  Yeah, it is time to take a look 
at the best arena in Alastari or wherever we are - I know we are far to the south, but 
are we still in Alastari?  Where is Jorja when I need her?  Anyway, time to take a 
look at all the arena action from today's games.

Crown Vanilla stays on top of the arena after another victory over Spekt.  It wasn't a 
challenge this time.  A random match-up brought us our title fight, but the result 
remained the same.  Crown Vanilla wins!  CV finally caught the eye of enough people at 
the Commission to get an invitation to the Isle too.  Philthy and the boys will have 
lots to celebrate this evening!  Congrats to CV, Duelmaster, and now the newest Lord 
Protector crowned in The Spire!

To mix it up a little bit, Pray the Gods avoided the most today, or at least, they 
avoided our most avoided team the most.  Mostly?  The mostly?  Eh, this writing thing 
gets weird when you break from the regular formula.  Big Lake Solution was the most 
avoided team, which if none of that made sense to you, congrats, there is a likelihood 
you're normal!  Probably not, but I like to give hope.  The most challenged warrior 
turns out to be Mutombo from the NBA Legends squad. Jihl Blazefury posted the 
challenge, and it was a LOOONNGG fight, going 25 minutes.  Mutombo eventually 
prevailed, but he and Jihl were the least popular fighters for the entire turn.

BY THE NUMBERS is brought to you by Otto's Diner, who would like to remind you it is 
International Women's Month.  Women avoid Otto's Diner, but our sponsor still wanted 
to recognize them.

     Fights:        33
     DA Deaths:      5
     Non-DA Deaths:  0
     Challenges:    13

     Largest Up Challenge:  +26 Points - SAI (81-3678) (16-6-0,85) of PRAY THE GODS 
     challenged CLYDE THE GLIDE (81-3732) (13-7-1,111) of NBA LEGENDS. SAI 
     unbelievably bested CLYDE THE GLIDE in an 8-minute veteran's Challenge 
     competition.

     Largest Down Challenge:  -4 Points - OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER (81-3833) (1-0-0,6) of 
     INEBRIATION challenged LUKHA (81-3826) (0-2-0,2) of CLAN LONGBEARD. OTTO'S BIG-
     TIPPER was overpowered by LUKHA in a 1-minute one-sided Challenge match.

No deaths outside of the Dark Arena and only a 4-point down challenge?  What is wrong 
with you people?  Sidara is getting better death and DC action over in Seam!  You are 
getting out-brutalized by a pack of Andorians!  Sheesh, I don't know how much more of 
this I can take.  I need a drink or six!  You know what, I'll just go!  You bums 
aren't worth the time right now.  Listen, I'm not angry!  I'm SUPER disappointed in 
each of you though!  Come back next time and all that jazz!  Bye!

                                               -- Huard DePriest

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CROWN VANILLA 3447           15  10  3   127       INEBRIATION (27)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAI 3678                     17   6  0   102       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF 3744        12   8  1    97       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767        14   3  0    96       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 SPEKT 3541                   20  33  0    93       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732         13   8  1    93       NBA LEGENDS (156)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUTOMBO 3728                 19   4  0    92       NBA LEGENDS (156)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ELLEN RIPLEY 3703            14  13  0    89       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648          19  18  1    88       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 DR. ROBOTNIK 3737            17   5  0    83       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 BAMNOR 3608                  18  25  0    79       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 JIHL BLAZEFURY 3735          14   8  0    78       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 RECLAN 3650                  13  14  2    76       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 SAILASA 3692                 13   8  0    72       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 MAGNA CARTA 3747             12   8  0    72       DARQUE AGES (29)
 MARGERY KEMPE 3686           18  13  1    68       DARQUE AGES (29)
-STING 3661                   17  13  1    68       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRIVID 3665                  16  18  0    66       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 SAUL BELLOW 3709             13  14  1    66       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651           11  26  0    66       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 SUMMER SHANDY 3598            4   3  1    66       INEBRIATION (27)
 GAYNE 3783                    7   5  1    62       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 KOMMA 3766                    9   8  0    60       MADNESS (190)
 OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775            7   9  0    58       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FOE-HAMMER 3736               8  10  0    56       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 BAVIL 3793                    7   2  0    56       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 AHNA MISSTEP 3729             8  15  1    51       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 OTTO'S MGR 3778               9   5  0    45       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SIR CHARLES 3733             11  10  0    43       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 BLUE GUNKY 3808               4   3  0    43       ARDUIN (200)
 TRACI 3740                   10  11  0    41       MADNESS (190)
 ANTONITUS 3782                7   6  2    41       MADNESS (190)
 GORSWAMPUS 3798               4   4  0    38       ARDUIN (200)
 DOMINIQUE 3781                7   7  0    34       NBA LEGENDS (156)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AGAVE 3599                    4   3  0    33       INEBRIATION (27)
 KAILE THE LITTLE 3809         3   3  1    32       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
-MOUTH OF SAURON 3773          7   5  0    31       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 PBR 3555                      6   4  0    28       INEBRIATION (27)
 DRUV 3785                     5   2  0    24       PRAY THE GODS (155)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THROON 3807                   3   4  1    19       ARDUIN (200)
 PHANDELYON 3805               4   3  0    18       ARDUIN (200)
 DEEP 3831                     1   0  0    18       PRAY THE GODS (155)
-GORGOL 3786                   4   4  0    17       MIRKWOOD ORCS (188)
 THE GAME 3821                 2   1  0    17       MADNESS (190)
 HRUAN 3819                    3   1  0    16       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 LUKHA 3826                    1   2  0    16       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 JESSEB 3803                   3   4  0    15       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 JIMPUUS 3794                  3   5  0    14       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 COURTRAI 3841                 1   0  0    13       DARQUE AGES (29)
 SIR GAWAIN 3813               3   2  0    12       DARQUE AGES (29)
 WALTER RALEIGH 3816           2   3  0     9       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 WILHELM GRIMM 3835            1   0  0     8       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 OTTOBOT 3829                  1   0  0     6       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 SPARTAN 3820                  1   2  0     5       MADNESS (190)
 OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER 3833        1   1  0     4       INEBRIATION (27)
 GALPOH CHIPAXE 3823           0   3  0     3       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 JACOB GRIMM 3834              0   1  0     1       LITERATE LOONS (40)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHAQ 3840                     0   1  0     1       NBA LEGENDS (156)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 3838                0  1 0 ARDUIN 200           SPYMASTER             420  NONE
VHERN 3839              0  1 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39    DARK CHAMPION         420  NONE
DEAD 3842               0  1 0 DARQUE AGES 29       SPYMASTER             420  NONE
DA1 3836                0  1 0 HEROES & VILLAIN 197 SHEWISH GIANT         420  NONE
DA2 3837                0  1 0 HEROES & VILLAIN 197 SPYMASTER             420  NONE
MAID MARION 3811        2  3 0 HEROES & VILLAIN 197 KAILE THE LITTLE 3809 419  JUST REVENGED
DOROTHY PARKER 3591    18 26 1 LITERATE LOONS 40    CROWN VANILLA 3447    418   
SPACE CADET 3802        0  3 0 MADNESS 190          SUMMER SHANDY 3598    416  NOT REVENGED
PATRICK EWING 3817      1  3 0 NBA LEGENDS 156      THROON 3807           419   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Sir Charles -- Thought I would be easy win again? Surprise! -- Gayne

Privid -- Good match til we both went into sleep mode halfway through. -- Bavil

Spartan -- Interesting challenge. -- Hruan

The Game -- Expert in your 2nd fight!?! My boss was very impressed with that. -- Lukha

Boss Orc -- Last year I went through colon cancer surgery and repair umbilical hernia 
at the same time and it took 6 weeks off from work to recover. Your recovery time 
should be shorter. Wishing you well for a quick recovery and hope you can return 
sooner rather than later to the game. You got this. -- Visionist/Chris

The incursion of chaos creatures into northern Alastari has been stopped.  However, 
the gate they came through is open, and there are people from Alastari trapped on the 
other side.  They need to be rescued, and the gate needs to be closed.  If you have a 
Lord Protector whom you would like to send on this mission, please send a message to 
the Gladiatorial Commmission (email csr@reality.com or via diplo).  We will need to 
know their physical description, personality, and method of fighting.  We will select 
no more than a dozen volunteers.  Thank you! 



                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DEAD was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
VHERN was slaughtered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
DA1 was narrowly killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a 2 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena contest.
DA2 was assassinated by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
ELLEN RIPLEY devastated KAILE THE LITTLE in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud duel.
SAI unbelievably bested CLYDE THE GLIDE in a 8 minute veteran's Challenge competition.
RECLAN was viciously subdued by OTTO'S FRY GUY in a 3 minute expert's Challenge duel.
JIHL BLAZEFURY slimly lost to MUTOMBO in a 25 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
OTTO'S BUSBOY was luckily beaten by MAGNA CARTA in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
SUMMER SHANDY devastated PRIVID in a 6 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
AHNA MISSTEP slimly won victory over GORSWAMPUS in a 2 minute bloody Challenge bout.
BLUE GUNKY overcame TRACI in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
AGAVE vanquished JIMPUUS in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
DRUV slimly won victory over JESSEB in a exciting 2 minute bloody Challenge fray.
PBR slimly won victory over THE GAME in a 2 minute gory Challenge brawl.
GALPOH CHIPAXE was beaten by THROON in a exciting 1 minute Challenge match.
OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER was overpowered by LUKHA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
CROWN VANILLA handily defeated SPEKT in a 1 minute gory mismatched Title competition.
DR. ROBOTNIK narrowly defeated SAUL BELLOW in a popular 10 minute veteran's duel.
OTTO'S SOUS-CHEF vanquished GAYNE in a popular 1 minute mismatched fray.
SNIDELY WHIPLASH demolished BAMNOR in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
ANTON CHEKHOV was unbelievably bested by SAILASA in a 6 minute veteran's match.
MARGERY KEMPE outlasted SIR CHARLES in a tiresome 15 minute expert's match.
OTTO'S MGR was unbelievably bested by BAVIL in a 4 minute gory fray.
KOMMA handily defeated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a action packed 1 minute mismatched bout.
DOMINIQUE defeated PHANDELYON in a 2 minute fight.
HRUAN was vanquished by ANTONITUS in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fray.
SPARTAN was subdued by WILHELM GRIMM in a 2 minute novice's fight.
WALTER RALEIGH was overpowered by DEEP in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SIR GAWAIN overcame SHAQ in a 2 minute amateur's match.
JACOB GRIMM lost to OTTOBOT in a exciting 5 minute brutal amateur's fight.
COURTRAI devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven 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       63 -  37 -  1      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       9         WALL OF STEEL     23 -  18 -  1      56  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         AIMED BLOW        39 -  31 -  3      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-LUNGE       29 -  24 -  0      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     16 -  15 -  1      52  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         LUNGING ATTACK    39 -  50 -  3      44  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         STRIKING ATTACK   27 -  36 -  4      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      5         PARRY-STRIKE      15 -  24 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     5         SLASHING ATTACK   18 -  29 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK    19 -  33 -  3      37  |

Turn 420 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  CROWN VANILLA 3447         15  10  3  127 INEBRIATION (27)
TOTAL PARRY      SAI 3678                   17   6  0  102 PRAY THE GODS (155)
AIMED BLOW       SNIDELY WHIPLASH 3767      14   3  0   96 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
LUNGING ATTACK   ELLEN RIPLEY 3703          14  13  0   89 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
WALL OF STEEL    OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648        19  18  1   88 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
SLASHING ATTACK  MAGNA CARTA 3747           12   8  0   72 DARQUE AGES (29)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    KOMMA 3766                  9   8  0   60 MADNESS (190)
PARRY-LUNGE      OTTO'S MGR 3778             9   5  0   45 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
BASHING ATTACK   ANTONITUS 3782              7   6  2   41 MADNESS (190)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ELLEN RIPLEY 3703.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CLYDE THE GLIDE 3732.  The ten other most popular fighters were ANTON 
CHEKHOV 3651, OTTO'S FRY GUY 3648, JACOB GRIMM 3834, SAUL BELLOW 3709, OTTO'S BUSBOY 
3775, MAGNA CARTA 3747, TRACI 3740, DRUV 3785, JESSEB 3803, and OTTO'S MGR 3778.

The least popular fighter this week was MUTOMBO 3728.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were JIHL BLAZEFURY 3735, SIR CHARLES 3733, MARGERY KEMPE 3686, PRIVID 3665, 
DR. ROBOTNIK 3737, SUMMER SHANDY 3598, WALTER RALEIGH 3816, BAMNOR 3608, SPEKT 3541, 
and OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER 3833.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

CROWN VANILLA (81-3447) INEBRIATION (27)