DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/01/2023 Duedate: 11/14/2023
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM-81 TURN-436
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
HRUAN
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
(81-3819) [17-3-0,130]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY POSITION IS EMPTY
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
ANTON CHEKHOV OTTO'S BUSBOY
LITERATE LOONS (40) BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
(81-3651) [20-33-0,124] (81-3775) [12-20-0,86]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. FAR TRAVELERS (113) 43
2. CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 41 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
3. NBA LEGENDS (156) 27 Unchartered Team
4. PRAY THE GODS (155) 27
5. WICKED MARTYRS (148) 24 (-1)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197) 125 82 3 60.4 1/ 2 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 12 3 0
2/ 2 NBA LEGENDS (156) 216 174 13 55.4 2/ 1 FAR TRAVELERS (113) 11 3 0
3/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 937 780 31 54.6 3/ 3 LITERATE LOONS (40) 10 4 0
4/ 0 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 721 620 20 53.8 4/ 9 DARQUE AGES (29) 7 7 3
5/ 4 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 882 769 31 53.4 5/ 5 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 7 8 0
6/ 6 PRAY THE GODS (155) 471 441 29 51.6 6/ 8 NBA LEGENDS (156) 7 8 0
7/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29) 985 924 43 51.6 7/ 7 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201) 7 8 0
8/ 7 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 597 611 25 49.4 8/10 PRAY THE GODS (155) 5 5 0
9/ 8 FAR TRAVELERS (113) 59 64 4 48.0 9/ 6 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 4 10 1
10/ 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 379 425 28 47.1 10/ 0 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 3 2 0
11/10 LITERATE LOONS (40) 717 818 34 46.7 11/11 HEROES & VILLAINS (197) 3 6 0
12-11 INEBRIATION (27) 390 537 27 42.1 12/ 4 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 3 12 1
13/12 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201) 27 38 1 41.5 13-12 INEBRIATION (27) 2 4 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.
Well, well one more surprise, a matchup with Otto's Busboy. He is one quick
Convincian, who hit me twice right away to get my attention, but I was able to
withstand the punishment and turn it around and finish him with one shot to the belly.
He is one fine opponent and must have been one hell of a busboy. I salute you!
My bosses continue to tell me if I survive my next fight I will get my invite to the
Isle and immortality. May the gods guide and protect me for one more fight.
-- Your Five!
Five time Duelmaster, Hruan
SPY REPORT
Welcome back to The Spire, ya bums! It is good to see some of you once again. It is
not so pleasant to smell the rest of you. I do love arena days! There is nothing
better than watching grown men and women pummel each other to a pulp for my
entertainment. Yeah, yeah, protect Alastari from Chaos, blah, blah, blah. There is
always a downer in the group, so shut it, and let's watch some pummelling!
It is hard to spruce up the news when the news is all the same each turn. With only a
brief, one-turn break, Hruan has been our regular Duelmaster for a decent stretch. He
did get a new opponent this turn as Nomad's crew, Dragonbane Guild, returned to our
fair arena. Hruan matched up with Dragon Scarred, and he was able to hold off his
opponent to retain the title. The good news is that Hruan did get his invite and
immortality as he had hoped! Congrats to him and Visionist for a fine arena career.
Do you know what this means? New Duelmaster next turn!
Big Lake Solution is our most feared team once again with more avoiding them than any
other fighting stable. This turn must be filled with deja vu moments since it is once
again Far Travelers avoiding Big Lake the most. While our most challenged warrior is
a repeat, he is different from the last turn's target. Today, most fighters want to
get a chance to face Anton Chekhov in the arena. Magna Carta got the chance, and he
may want to rethink such a notion next time the thought crosses his mind! Anton beat
Magna in a 3-minute fight.
The Fates were a bit . . . reserved today when it came to ending the lives of our
gladiators. Only two poor sods, I mean souls, met their ends today with one dying on
the regular sands and the other in the dark. Heroes and Villains sent THX 1138 to the
Dark Arena where Wurm Kin ended his career at 6-9. The other death came when
Boccaccio challenged Red Sovina down in the Initiates. Boccaccio killed Red Sovina in
a 2-minute fight. It looks like Chad is going to be involved in a few feuds over the
coming turns.
Okay, that is enough banter from me. I could keep talking, but there isn't much left
to say to you bums. Do you know the routine? Come back next turn, watch the fights,
enjoy yourselves, don't do anything stupid . . . or in some of your cases, too stupid,
and I'll meet you back here in two weeks. We will enjoy a new cycle of fights, a new
Duelmaster, maybe someone will take over the Chartered and Unchartered Recognition
Leaders' positions. Alright, alright, I'm leaving. See ya next time!
-- Huard DePriest
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HRUAN 3819 17 3 0 130 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RECLAN 3650 19 18 2 130 PRAY THE GODS (155)
ANTON CHEKHOV 3651 20 33 0 124 LITERATE LOONS (40)
URMAR 1373 13 12 0 108 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
MUTOMBO 3728 26 12 0 106 NBA LEGENDS (156)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TRISTAN 2669 17 15 1 105 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DR. ROBOTNIK 3737 26 11 0 101 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
MAGNA CARTA 3747 22 14 0 96 DARQUE AGES (29)
SAILASA 3692 20 11 0 95 PRAY THE GODS (155)
DRAGON SCARRED 2644 21 13 0 92 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
SAI 3678 20 13 0 92 PRAY THE GODS (155)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRIVID 3665 20 30 0 90 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
KAILE THE LITTLE 3809 12 10 3 90 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
LUCREZIA 3865 8 1 1 90 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
SAUL BELLOW 3709 20 23 1 88 LITERATE LOONS (40)
ALEKSANDR 1372 15 10 1 88 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
GAYNE 3783 18 10 1 87 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
HANA 1370 13 12 1 87 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775 12 20 0 86 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
STORMCLAW 2569 21 21 1 85 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
SIR CHARLES 3733 20 16 0 85 NBA LEGENDS (156)
SPARTACUS 3844 9 6 0 80 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
BAVIL 3793 17 8 0 77 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
DOMINIQUE 3781 13 16 0 70 NBA LEGENDS (156)
ORLANDO 2688 14 14 1 67 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GALPOH CHIPAXE 3823 7 12 2 66 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
SHAQ 3840 9 7 0 65 NBA LEGENDS (156)
AHNA MISSTEP 3729 11 28 1 64 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
DRUV 3785 9 8 0 57 PRAY THE GODS (155)
JACOB GRIMM 3834 8 9 2 57 LITERATE LOONS (40)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TENN PENN 3871 5 4 0 55 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
OTTOBOT 3829 10 7 1 53 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
WILHELM GRIMM 3835 10 7 1 50 LITERATE LOONS (40)
-AGAVE 3599 10 10 0 49 INEBRIATION (27)
-PBR 3555 11 12 0 45 INEBRIATION (27)
MEADE 3895 4 2 0 43 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-HAMM 3866 6 1 0 38 INEBRIATION (27)
URSULA 3876 6 1 0 38 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
YANARA BARD 3886 5 2 2 37 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
LAAL MAAS 3852 6 7 0 36 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
J-LAPENO 3849 8 5 0 34 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOT SO HOT 3848 6 7 1 31 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
RODGER NEFFER 3872 3 6 0 29 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
DENNIS RODMAN 3894 4 2 0 27 NBA LEGENDS (156)
-TITO'S 3868 3 5 0 26 INEBRIATION (27)
BOCCACCIO 3907 2 1 2 26 DARQUE AGES (29)
SAUCY SHERIFF 3904 2 1 0 26 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KARMA POLICE 3855 5 7 0 22 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
-OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER 3833 3 12 0 21 INEBRIATION (27)
SHEHTAL 3863 2 4 0 21 PRAY THE GODS (155)
FIERCE RYDER 3892 3 2 1 18 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
TANKERA 3873 4 5 0 17 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
DESTREZA 3903 2 1 0 16 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
WASTEL 3917 1 0 0 10 DARQUE AGES (29)
WYRMSHADOW 2986 2 1 0 9 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DORNE 3891 2 3 0 9 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
DAINTY LEAF 3890 1 4 1 9 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
CANTERBURY 3901 1 3 0 8 DARQUE AGES (29)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911 1 0 0 5 LITERATE LOONS (40)
CURIAS 3910 1 1 0 4 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
THOMAS MALORY 3918 0 1 0 1 DARQUE AGES (29)
PURPLE MAN 3905 0 1 0 1 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MARIE DE FRANCE 3906 1 1 1 DARQUE AGES 29 FIERCE RYDER 3892 435
SIR GAWAIN 3813 9 8 0 DARQUE AGES 29 LUCREZIA 3865 432 NOT REVENGED
RED SOVINA 3878 3 4 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 201 BOCCACCIO 3907 436
SICHUAN 3885 0 3 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 201 DAINTY LEAF 3890 433 JUST REVENGED
GAUNTLET 3896 0 2 0 FAR TRAVELERS 113 YANARA BARD 3886 433 REVENGED
THX 1138 3843 6 9 0 HEROES & VILLAIN 197 WURM KIN 436 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
10-4 is a "technicality"? Ouch, Huard. -- Obregon
Anton Chekhov -- Back and forth, could have gone either way. Well fought. -- Gayne the
Wanting
Agave -- That training should help you if we fight in the future. -- Bavil the
Unimpressed
Otto's Big Tipper -- I am not sure how I pulled that one off. 'Til we meet again. --
Meade the Lucky
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
THX 1138 was butchered by WURM KIN in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
J-LAPENO viciously subdued DAINTY LEAF in a 4 minute Bloodfeud battle.
DESTREZA was viciously subdued by YANARA BARD in a 7 minute Bloodfeud brawl.
URMAR overpowered SIR CHARLES in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
MAGNA CARTA was viciously subdued by ANTON CHEKHOV in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
DR. ROBOTNIK unbelievably bested ALEKSANDR in a 4 minute Challenge competition.
RECLAN vanquished KAILE THE LITTLE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
LUCREZIA savagely defeated PRIVID in a popular 4 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
HANA overpowered GALPOH CHIPAXE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
SAI defeated OTTO'S BUSBOY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute veteran's Challenge match.
DRUV was handily defeated by SPARTACUS in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
LAAL MAAS was bested by JACOB GRIMM in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge bout.
SHAQ overcame OTTOBOT in a action packed 1 minute gory Challenge fight.
FIERCE RYDER was devastated by MEADE in a exciting 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
SHEHTAL devastated CURIAS in a 3 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
BOCCACCIO assassinated RED SOVINA in a 2 minute brutal one-sided Challenge bout.
SAUCY SHERIFF overpowered TANKERA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
HRUAN handily defeated DRAGON SCARRED in a 3 minute mismatched Title competition.
MUTOMBO outwaited SAILASA in a dull 26 minute veteran's match.
TRISTAN won victory over SAUL BELLOW in a popular 1 minute master's fray.
STORMCLAW was savagely defeated by BAVIL in a dull 13 minute brutal veteran's fight.
GAYNE defeated AHNA MISSTEP in a popular 1 minute veteran's duel.
DOMINIQUE subdued TENN PENN in a 2 minute one-sided melee.
ORLANDO viciously subdued URSULA in a action packed 3 minute brutal one-sided fray.
WILHELM GRIMM overcame NOT SO HOT in a 2 minute brutal duel.
KARMA POLICE was overpowered by RODGER NEFFER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
DENNIS RODMAN handily defeated CANTERBURY in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
DORNE was subdued by WASTEL in a 2 minute novice's fight.
WYRMSHADOW beat PURPLE MAN in a action packed 1 minute novice's bout.
NIKOLAI GOGOL subdued THOMAS MALORY in a 3 minute beginner's contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 11 AIMED BLOW 43 - 25 - 4 63 |
|AIMED BLOW 9 PARRY-STRIKE 23 - 15 - 2 61 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 STRIKING ATTACK 27 - 19 - 1 59 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 64 - 55 - 0 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 LUNGING ATTACK 31 - 33 - 3 48 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 24 - 26 - 0 48 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 21 - 29 - 1 42 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 BASHING ATTACK 19 - 31 - 1 38 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 24 - 46 - 3 34 |
|BASHING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 21 - 0 32 |
Turn 436 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-STRIKE 4 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 4 4 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 4 - 7 2 WALL OF STEEL
AIMED BLOW 6 - 3 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 4 1 PARRY-STRIKE
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 5 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW HRUAN 3819 17 3 0 130 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PARRY-STRIKE RECLAN 3650 19 18 2 130 PRAY THE GODS (155)
WALL OF STEEL URMAR 1373 13 12 0 108 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
TOTAL PARRY MUTOMBO 3728 26 12 0 106 NBA LEGENDS (156)
SLASHING ATTACK MAGNA CARTA 3747 22 14 0 96 DARQUE AGES (29)
LUNGING ATTACK ALEKSANDR 1372 15 10 1 88 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
STRIKING ATTACK GAYNE 3783 18 10 1 87 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
BASHING ATTACK SHAQ 3840 9 7 0 65 NBA LEGENDS (156)
PARRY-LUNGE DRUV 3785 9 8 0 57 PRAY THE GODS (155)
PARRY-RIPOSTE J-LAPENO 3849 8 5 0 34 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
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 OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775. The ten other most popular fighters were HRUAN 3819,
ALEKSANDR 1372, LUCREZIA 3865, YANARA BARD 3886, ANTON CHEKHOV 3651, ORLANDO 2688,
MAGNA CARTA 3747, SPARTACUS 3844, SHEHTAL 3863, and DOMINIQUE 3781.
The least popular fighter this week was SAILASA 3692. The other ten least popular
fighters were MUTOMBO 3728, BAVIL 3793, STORMCLAW 2569, DESTREZA 3903, DORNE 3891,
KARMA POLICE 3855, URSULA 3876, TANKERA 3873, RED SOVINA 3878, and CURIAS 3910.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
HRUAN (81-3819) CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!
We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 12-14, 2024! It will
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444). Room
rates are $184.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high
speed internet. There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--
the code is "Duelmasters2023."
The official block cutoff is December 12 so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: http://tinyurl.com/FF70inTempe
Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI