DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/15/2023    Duedate: 11/28/2023

SHADOWSPIRE ARENA

DM-81    TURN-437

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

KAILE THE LITTLE
BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
(81-3809) [13-10-3,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

KAILE THE LITTLE               POSITION IS EMPTY
BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)        
(81-3809) [13-10-3,110]        

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

ANTON CHEKHOV                  GALPOH CHIPAXE
LITERATE LOONS (40)            BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
(81-3651) [20-34-0,96]         (81-3823) [7-13-2,66]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)     48
2. CLAN LONGBEARD (39)         28      NBA LEGENDS (156)
3. DARQUE AGES (29)            25      Unchartered Team
4. INEBRIATION (27)            25
5. CULT OF BACCHUS (4)         17      BAD BEAT (64)

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/ 1 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      13  2 0
 2/ 2 NBA LEGENDS (156)        218 176 13 55.3   2/ 3 LITERATE LOONS (40)       9  5 0
 3/ 3 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)      941 781 31 54.6   3/ 6 NBA LEGENDS (156)         8  6 0
 4- 4 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)    721 620 20 53.8   4/ 4 DARQUE AGES (29)          7  7 1
 5/ 5 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)      887 769 31 53.6   5/ 2 FAR TRAVELERS (113)       7  8 0
 6/ 7 DARQUE AGES (29)         988 926 43 51.6   6/ 7 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)     7  8 0
 7/ 6 PRAY THE GODS (155)      473 444 29 51.6   7/12 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)       6  9 1
 8/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148)     599 614 25 49.4   8/ 8 PRAY THE GODS (155)       5  5 0
 9/10 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)  381 428 28 47.1   9/ 5 WICKED MARTYRS (148)      5 10 0
10/11 LITERATE LOONS (40)      719 821 34 46.7  10/13 INEBRIATION (27)          4  6 0
11/ 9 FAR TRAVELERS (113)       59  69  4 46.1  11/ 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)   4 10 1
12/12 INEBRIATION (27)         393 539 27 42.2  12-10 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)     3  2 0
13/13 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)     28  42  1 40.0  13-11 HEROES & VILLAINS (197)   2  3 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.

One last surprise! Another warrior appeared out of thin air. Well fought, Sir Dwarf, I 
await hearing of your invite to the Isle soon enough. I was informed that I meet the 
requirements for the Shadowspire Hall of Fame and as usual my bosses were correct and 
I am off to the Isle and retirement. My boss will be posting my info in the ads. 
Farewell, Shadowspire! 

                                          -- Your six time Duelmaster 
                                             and Lord Protector, 

                                             Hruan

                                      SPY REPORT

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in 
SHADOWSPIRE.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  
For every winner there is a loser.  Speaking of losers, lets take a look at WICKED 
MARTYRS, who went down to 5th from 9th.  Life is tough.  Coming up with a solid 4-1-0 
outing, CULT OF BACCHUS has advanced 5 places in the rankings.  Hey everybody, watch 
out for DOMINIQUE, who flew up 21 points in the rankings after mashing PRIVID like a 
melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And falling like a basher in the top ten was 
SHAQ, who dropped 18 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout with AGAVE. 
Drawing on all of his experience as a 19-18-2 warrior, RECLAN went for the 
Duelmastership against HRUAN this week.  Well, everybody's pal HRUAN moved his record 
to 18-3-0 by defeating RECLAN in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 7 
recognition points.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger 
halberd!   
     Here is other news that is of note.  Did you hear that CLAN LONGBEARD was most 
avoided team this week?  Well, knowing the personal hygiene of CLAN LONGBEARD's 
warriors, I'm not surprised!  And you guys like to boo me?  Well, unsling your 
rasberries, cause FAR TRAVELERS beats feet every time CLAN LONGBEARD smiles at them.  
Try farming, eh?  Well dang howdy, but if challenges were votes, SHAQ would be 
president.  Although it may be a contest he doesn't want to win.  Was it guts or an 
overtaxed mental capacity that had SAI challenge up 32 points in the rankings to take 
on ANTON CHEKHOV?  To the crowd's chants of 'Bo-zo bo-zo bo-zo', ANTON CHEKHOV was 
taken out by the lower-ranked SAI.  (Maybe it's time to think Dark Arena?).  In a 
touching display by a 'touched' warrior, OTTO'S BUSBOY went after URMAR, who was 
higher by 22 points.  Well, when the dust settled, OTTO'S BUSBOY beat URMAR.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  In the 'Oops, What Have I Done?' category, BOCCACCIO was 
mashed by SAUCY SHERIFF, who let BOCCACCIO know that killing members of DEMONIC 
CHILI'S is a no-no.  Here's some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may 
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in SHADOWSPIRE have 
no sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make 
some tracks.  Its been real, and its been fun, but it hasn't been real fun...-- The 
Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KAILE THE LITTLE 3809        13  10  3   110       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SAUL BELLOW 3709             21  23  1   105       LITERATE LOONS (40)
-TRISTAN 2669                 17  15  1   105       DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
 SAI 3678                     21  13  0   102       PRAY THE GODS (155)
-DR. ROBOTNIK 3737            26  11  0   101       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 MAGNA CARTA 3747             23  14  0   101       DARQUE AGES (29)
 OTTO'S BUSBOY 3775           13  20  0   100       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 RECLAN 3650                  19  19  2    99       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 ANTON CHEKHOV 3651           20  34  0    96       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 SIR CHARLES 3733             21  16  0    95       NBA LEGENDS (156)
-DRAGON SCARRED 2644          21  13  0    92       DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MUTOMBO 3728                 26  13  0    91       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 PRIVID 3665                  20  31  0    91       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 DOMINIQUE 3781               14  16  0    91       NBA LEGENDS (156)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GAYNE 3783                   19  10  1    90       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 URMAR 1373                   13  13  0    88       FAR TRAVELERS (113)
 SAILASA 3692                 20  12  0    86       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 HANA 1370                    13  13  1    86       FAR TRAVELERS (113)
-STORMCLAW 2569               21  21  1    85       DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
 ALEKSANDR 1372               15  11  1    85       FAR TRAVELERS (113)
 LUCREZIA 3865                 8   2  1    83       FAR TRAVELERS (113)
-SPARTACUS 3844                9   6  0    80       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 BAVIL 3793                   18   8  0    79       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-ORLANDO 2688                 14  14  1    67       DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AGAVE 3599                   11  10  0    66       INEBRIATION (27)
 GALPOH CHIPAXE 3823           7  13  2    66       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 AHNA MISSTEP 3729            11  29  1    63       BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
 WILHELM GRIMM 3835           11   7  1    63       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 TENN PENN 3871                6   4  0    63       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 DRUV 3785                    10   8  0    62       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 JACOB GRIMM 3834              8  10  2    57       LITERATE LOONS (40)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OTTOBOT 3829                 11   7  1    55       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 MEADE 3895                    5   2  0    51       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
 SHAQ 3840                     9   8  0    47       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 PBR 3555                     11  13  0    46       INEBRIATION (27)
 HAMM 3866                     7   1  0    42       INEBRIATION (27)
-URSULA 3876                   6   1  0    38       HEROES & VILLAINS (197)
 YANARA BARD 3886              5   3  2    37       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NOT SO HOT 3848               6   8  1    33       DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
 SAUCY SHERIFF 3904            3   1  0    33       DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
 OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER 3833        4  12  0    31       INEBRIATION (27)
 J-LAPENO 3849                 8   6  0    30       DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
 KARMA POLICE 3855             6   7  0    30       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 LAAL MAAS 3852                6   8  0    29       DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
-DENNIS RODMAN 3894            4   2  0    27       NBA LEGENDS (156)
 TANKERA 3873                  5   5  0    25       WICKED MARTYRS (148)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FIERCE RYDER 3892             4   2  1    22       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 BOCCACCIO 3907                2   2  2    22       DARQUE AGES (29)
 WASTEL 3917                   2   0  0    22       DARQUE AGES (29)
 RODGER NEFFER 3872            3   7  0    20       WICKED MARTYRS (148)
 TITO'S 3868                   3   6  0    19       INEBRIATION (27)
 CANTERBURY 3901               2   3  0    19       DARQUE AGES (29)
 SHEHTAL 3863                  2   5  0    14       PRAY THE GODS (155)
 DORNE 3891                    3   3  0    12       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 CURIAS 3910                   2   1  0    12       CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
-WYRMSHADOW 2986               2   1  0     9       DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
 DESTREZA 3903                 2   2  0     9       FAR TRAVELERS (113)
 DAINTY LEAF 3890              1   5  1     9       CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
 NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911            1   1  0     4       LITERATE LOONS (40)
 THOMAS MALORY 3918            0   2  0     2       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?
GARBAGE 3919            0  1 0 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 ARENAMASTER           437  NONE
MARIE DE FRANCE 3906    1  1 1 DARQUE AGES 29       FIERCE RYDER 3892     435   
HODO 3920               0  1 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 201  BANDIT PRINCE         437  NONE
RED SOVINA 3878         3  4 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 201  BOCCACCIO 3907        436  JUST REVENGED
SICHUAN 3885            0  3 0 DEMONIC CHILI'S 201  DAINTY LEAF 3890      433  REVENGED
GAUNTLET 3896           0  2 0 FAR TRAVELERS 113    YANARA BARD 3886      433  REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

It seems the old Spire is chugging along as always.  It is good to be back.  For a 
long time we led this arena in wins but now it seems that the Darque ones do while 
also nearing 1,000 wins.  And turn 436.  Yes, the old arena keeps chugging along.  -- 
Dragonbane Guild

Bavil -- Once upon a time warriors knew to treat their elders with respect!  
Certainly, the Clan knew that, didn't they? -- Stormclaw, who needs to shake off the 
rust  

Hruan -- First fight back and it is a title fight.  That part was cool.  Not so much 
the result. -- Dragon Scarred

Saul Bellow -- Now that is how a guy should be welcomed back! -- Tristan

Dragonbane Guild and Nomad -- Welcome back. -- Visionist and Clan Longbeard

Dragon Scarred -- Well Fought. -- Hruan the Superior

Anna Misstep -- Turnabout is fair play. -- Gayne the Smug

Stormclaw -- You had me worried. Well fought and thanks for the training assist. -- 
Bavil the Fulfilled

Fierce Ryder -- Can I gloat now? -- Meade the Mirthful

All -- Hruan = AB = 11-11(+1)-5-17(+1)-17(+1)-9-17. Favorite weapon QS, Low/Low rhythm 
and 60 skills learned. He is my 28th Longbeard Lord Protector and my 4th Aimed Blow in 
Shadowspire. He is an amazing learner, having learned 5 skills 3 times, not including 
the skills from the 2 stat raises. He is only my 2nd non-tourney 20 fight invitee. As 
great as he, he will be retiring from the arena. -- Visionist

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HODO was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
GARBAGE was butchered by ARENAMASTER in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SAUCY SHERIFF overcame BOCCACCIO in a action packed 1 minute novice's Bloodfeud match.
RECLAN was bested by HRUAN in a popular 1 minute veteran's Challenge contest.
SAI luckily beat ANTON CHEKHOV in a 4 minute master's Challenge competition.
HANA was defeated by MAGNA CARTA in a 2 minute veteran's Challenge struggle.
SIR CHARLES unbelievably bested ALEKSANDR in a 6 minute Challenge competition.
OTTO'S BUSBOY viciously subdued URMAR in a 2 minute gory expert's Challenge duel.
KAILE THE LITTLE viciously subdued MUTOMBO in a 3 minute Challenge Title duel.
DOMINIQUE handily defeated PRIVID in a 2 minute brutal one-sided Challenge bout.
LAAL MAAS was demolished by MEADE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
AGAVE devastated SHAQ in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge battle.
PBR was viciously subdued by DRUV in a crowd pleasing 3 minute bloody Challenge bout.
OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER luckily beat RODGER NEFFER in a 2 minute Challenge duel.
WASTEL savagely defeated DESTREZA in a 7 minute beginner's Challenge struggle.
THOMAS MALORY was bested by DORNE in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
CANTERBURY devastated DAINTY LEAF in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SAILASA was savagely defeated by SAUL BELLOW in a exciting 7 minute veteran's bout.
BAVIL unbelievably bested GALPOH CHIPAXE in a crowd pleasing 4 minute competition.
GAYNE overpowered JACOB GRIMM in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LUCREZIA was beaten by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute fray.
AHNA MISSTEP was viciously subdued by WILHELM GRIMM in a 3 minute mismatched fray.
YANARA BARD was luckily beaten by HAMM in a action packed 12 minute brutal fight.
OTTOBOT defeated NOT SO HOT in a popular 1 minute duel.
J-LAPENO was overpowered by TENN PENN in a 3 minute uneven match.
TITO'S was beaten by KARMA POLICE in a action packed 1 minute duel.
TANKERA beat SHEHTAL in a 3 minute fray.
FIERCE RYDER savagely defeated NIKOLAI GOGOL in a 2 minute gruesome competition.
CURIAS beat PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a crowd boring 3 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      9         AIMED BLOW        43 -  23 -  4      65  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  8         PARRY-STRIKE      23 -  14 -  2      62  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         STRIKING ATTACK   24 -  19 -  1      56  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    6         TOTAL PARRY       64 -  51 -  0      56  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    5         LUNGING ATTACK    30 -  32 -  3      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      4         WALL OF STEEL     22 -  27 -  0      45  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-RIPOSTE     20 -  31 -  1      39  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  45 -  3      37  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     4         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -  20 -  0      35  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  31 -  1      35  |

Turn 437 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     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  5         3  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  3         2  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         4 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  5         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
TOTAL PARRY        5 -  4                                       1  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  2                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       KAILE THE LITTLE 3809      13  10  3  110 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
TOTAL PARRY      SAI 3678                   21  13  0  102 PRAY THE GODS (155)
SLASHING ATTACK  MAGNA CARTA 3747           23  14  0  101 DARQUE AGES (29)
STRIKING ATTACK  GAYNE 3783                 19  10  1   90 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
LUNGING ATTACK   ALEKSANDR 1372             15  11  1   85 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
WALL OF STEEL    AGAVE 3599                 11  10  0   66 INEBRIATION (27)
PARRY-LUNGE      DRUV 3785                  10   8  0   62 PRAY THE GODS (155)
BASHING ATTACK   MEADE 3895                  5   2  0   51 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PARRY-STRIKE     YANARA BARD 3886            5   3  2   37 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
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 GALPOH CHIPAXE 3823.  The ten other most popular fighters were SAUL BELLOW 
3709, ANTON CHEKHOV 3651, ALEKSANDR 1372, WASTEL 3917, KAILE THE LITTLE 3809, DRUV 
3785, AHNA MISSTEP 3729, YANARA BARD 3886, DOMINIQUE 3781, and TENN PENN 3871.

The least popular fighter this week was HAMM 3866.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CURIAS 3910, NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911, JACOB GRIMM 3834, SAILASA 3692, DAINTY 
LEAF 3890, DESTREZA 3903, SHAQ 3840, LAAL MAAS 3852, MUTOMBO 3728, and SIR CHARLES 
3733.

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

HRUAN (81-3819) CLAN LONGBEARD (39)

                 MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXXVIII

ADM TOURNEY                            W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
STRABO 2689 (74-93-1)                  0  3  0         DARQUE AGES          

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
ORC CHOPS 490 (28-19-0)                5  3  0         FUCHI OWNED          
MACEO 928 (52-44-1)                    2  3  0         FUCHI OWNED          
DANTE 3002 (74-77-3)                   1  3  0         DARQUE AGES          
DOCTOR J 2385 (41-35-1)                0  3  0         NBA LEGENDS          

DEAD INITIATES TOURNEY                 W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DAVY BONES 2842 (2-2-0)                4  3  0         SHANGHAIED           
ANGRIST 3400 (3-1-1)                   1  3  0         MIRKWOOD ORCS