DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 02/07/2024 Duedate: 02/20/2024
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM 81 TURN 443
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SNAKE EYES
CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
(81-58) [16-14-1,120]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
AHNA MISSTEP NUN YA BUSINESS
BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) THE CHURCH (203)
(81-3729) [15-31-2,131] (81-3935) [3-0-0,26]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
AHNA MISSTEP BARQ BITE
BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
(81-3729) [15-31-2,131] (81-3947) [0-1-0,2]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PRAY THE GODS (155) 32
2. CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 30 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
3. DARQUE AGES (29) 29 Unchartered Team
4. THE CHURCH (203) 15
5. CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 15 TOILET PAPER (202)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 7*TOILET PAPER (202) 14 10 1 58.3 1/ 1 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 10 5 1
2/ 2 CULT OF BACCHUS (4) 962 790 33 54.9 2/ 6 LITERATE LOONS (40) 9 6 0
3/ 1 NBA LEGENDS (156) 232 191 15 54.8 3/ 3*THE CHURCH (203) 9 6 0
4/ 3 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 734 631 20 53.8 4/ 9*TOILET PAPER (202) 8 6 0
5/ 4 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 901 785 31 53.4 5/ 4 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 8 7 0
6/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29) 999 942 43 51.5 6/ 2 NBA LEGENDS (156) 7 8 2
7/ 6 PRAY THE GODS (155) 480 456 29 51.3 7/ 8 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 7 8 1
8/ 9 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8) 74 74 4 50.0 8/ 5 INEBRIATION (27) 7 8 0
9/ 8 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 613 629 25 49.4 9/12 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 7 8 0
10/13*THE CHURCH (203) 12 13 0 48.0 10/11 WICKED MARTYRS (148) 6 8 0
11/11 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178) 395 443 30 47.1 11/ 7 FAR TRAVELERS (113) 6 9 0
12/12 LITERATE LOONS (40) 738 832 34 47.0 12/14 DARQUE AGES (29) 5 8 0
13/10 FAR TRAVELERS (113) 74 84 4 46.8 13/10 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 4 5 0
14/14 INEBRIATION (27) 405 552 27 42.3 14/13 PRAY THE GODS (155) 2 2 0
15-15 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201) 31 59 1 34.4 15-15 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201) 1 4 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Welcome back to The Spire! We had a really great show of warriors today. It was
exciting and the crowd loved it. I have no idea if the crowd loved it or not. I
rarely pay attention. Granted, the occasional spectator fight does catch my
attention. They can be just as brutal as the matches on the sands. Anyway, let's get
into all the action from today.
We have a new Duelmaster in The Spire. We got him the good ol' fashioned way through
combat and victory. Snake Eyes challenged Stormclaw in what turned out to be an
exciting title match. The dust settled and Snake Eyes stood stoic, and rather
quietly, as our new champion. Congrats to Snake Eyes, who is managed by the newly
returned Master Beru. No invite means a serious title defense next turn. I can't
wait to see how it plays out!
Bashers are the least popular style choice in the arena. They went 0-3 this cycle, so
it isn't too hard to understand why. The Total Parry style appears to be the rage,
but these trends do not last forever. It is nice to have all 10 styles represented on
the sands. Big Lake Solution is the most avoided team, and they were mostly avoided by
Pray the Gods. Our newest Duelmaster is the turn's most challenged warrior. He
should consider himself lucky that it was his challenge the Commission granted. It
ended pretty well for Snake Eyes! I asked him for a comment but did not get anything
out of him.
Death was absent today. I think the trauma of losing all those veterans last turn has
quelled Ahringol's desire for our gladiators, at least for a few weeks. the fickle
nature of the games is we can come back in two weeks and have an arena floor littered
with fallen warriors. There was a single blood feud attempt today when Hana
challenged Ahna Misstep. Lucrezia remains un-avenged! Hana was unable to take down
Ahna, so perhaps Far Travelers will try again next turn.
No new graduation notices this fine afternoon. When you have so many one-and-done
Duelmasters, it makes it difficult not to mess up a few names here and there. I had
an idea about putting the gladiators in tunics with their names and some identifying
numbers or symbols on the chest and back. That idea was quickly shot down. I'm not
sure why. I feel like it could catch on!
Be sure to come back to us here at The Spire in two weeks. I know it will be an
exciting turn. We have many Challenger Champions who would love a shot at the most
prestigious championship in the land. Remember, to mark your calendars!! The Spire
will be jumping with action!
-- Huard DePriest
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SNAKE EYES 58 16 14 1 120 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AHNA MISSTEP 3729 15 31 2 131 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
WILHELM GRIMM 3835 16 8 1 116 LITERATE LOONS (40)
SAILASA 3692 23 13 0 108 PRAY THE GODS (155)
URMAR 1373 17 15 0 106 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
BAVIL 3793 21 11 0 100 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
STORMCLAW 2569 25 22 1 98 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
GAYNE 3783 23 12 1 98 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
SAI 3678 22 16 0 95 PRAY THE GODS (155)
DOMINIQUE 3781 18 18 1 94 NBA LEGENDS (156)
GALPOH CHIPAXE 3823 10 16 2 94 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
SIR CHARLES 3733 24 19 0 91 NBA LEGENDS (156)
AGAVE 3599 14 12 0 91 INEBRIATION (27)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ALEKSANDR 1372 17 15 1 87 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HANA 1370 16 16 1 85 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
KARMA POLICE 3855 12 7 0 85 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
JACOB GRIMM 3834 11 13 2 79 LITERATE LOONS (40)
MEADE 3895 8 5 0 78 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
WONDER WOMAN 62 16 14 1 77 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
SGT. YORK 61 14 16 1 76 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
OTTOBOT 3829 15 9 1 70 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ORLANDO 2688 15 18 1 66 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
BIG BROTHER 59 14 16 0 63 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
TANKERA 3873 9 7 0 63 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
DRUV 3785 11 11 0 61 PRAY THE GODS (155)
YANARA BARD 3886 9 5 2 58 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAMM 3866 10 3 0 54 INEBRIATION (27)
DAINTY LEAF 3890 6 6 1 53 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
TENN PENN 3871 7 9 0 48 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
WYRMSHADOW 2986 6 2 0 47 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
REFRIGERATOR PERRY 552 8 5 0 46 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
SHAQ 3840 11 12 0 45 NBA LEGENDS (156)
RODGER NEFFER 3872 8 8 0 45 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
CANTERBURY 3901 6 5 0 41 DARQUE AGES (29)
DENNIS RODMAN 3894 6 6 0 40 NBA LEGENDS (156)
OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER 3833 6 15 0 37 INEBRIATION (27)
FIERCE RYDER 3892 7 5 2 36 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
-J-LAPENO 3849 8 10 0 34 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-NOT SO HOT 3848 7 11 1 33 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
DORNE 3891 6 6 1 33 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
TITO'S 3868 6 8 0 28 INEBRIATION (27)
NUN YA BUSINESS 3935 3 0 0 26 THE CHURCH (203)
POUNCING PONTIF 3923 3 2 0 24 THE CHURCH (203)
AHROG 3927 3 3 0 24 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
STORMWING CADET 3932 2 1 0 24 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WASTEL 3917 5 3 0 23 DARQUE AGES (29)
FINGERLESS FRIAR 3921 3 2 0 20 THE CHURCH (203)
NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911 5 3 0 18 LITERATE LOONS (40)
PTOMAINE 3914 5 0 0 17 TOILET PAPER (202)
-SAUCY SHERIFF 3904 4 4 0 16 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
ISIAH THOMAS 3939 2 1 1 16 NBA LEGENDS (156)
GENERRO 3931 3 2 0 15 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
CHARMIN 3943 2 0 0 14 TOILET PAPER (202)
TESSA SHORTEYE 3938 1 2 0 13 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
PTERODACTYL 3913 3 2 0 11 TOILET PAPER (202)
PTYALISM 3916 3 2 0 11 TOILET PAPER (202)
PAUL THE BEARER 3925 3 2 0 11 THE CHURCH (203)
KAYD THE BOQ 3937 1 2 0 9 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
-PTEROSAUR 3912 1 3 1 7 TOILET PAPER (202)
FOZZY GEEZER 3936 1 2 0 5 INEBRIATION (27)
-HOT LIPS 3941 1 0 0 5 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
BARQ BITE 3947 0 1 0 2 BIG LAKE SOLUTION (178)
CARDINAL SINNER 3942 0 2 0 2 THE CHURCH (203)
-LOCO TACO 3933 0 2 0 2 DEMONIC CHILI'S (201)
DAGO DRACOSPEAR 3948 0 1 0 1 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
KOHLBE 3950 0 1 0 1 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
KARL-FRANZ 3946 0 1 0 1 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HERMAN MELVILLE 3949 0 1 0 1 LITERATE LOONS (40)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
HAYT AMAZING 3930 1 1 0 BIG LAKE SOLUTIO 178 FIERCE RYDER 3892 440
BOCCACCIO 3907 4 6 2 DARQUE AGES 29 BANDIT PRINCE 443 NONE
DEAD 3944 0 1 0 DARQUE AGES 29 BLACK ORC 443 NONE
DEAD 2 3945 0 1 0 DARQUE AGES 29 WURM KIN 443 NONE
THOMAS MALORY 3918 0 6 0 DARQUE AGES 29 DORNE 3891 441
LUCREZIA 3865 11 4 1 FAR TRAVELERS 113 AHNA MISSTEP 3729 442
SHEHTAL 3863 2 9 0 PRAY THE GODS 155 BLACK ORC 443 NONE
NUN THE WISER 3924 0 2 0 THE CHURCH 203 PTEROSAUR 3912 440 REVENGED
PTOOEY 3915 0 3 0 TOILET PAPER 202 ISIAH THOMAS 3939 441
PRIVID 3665 20 36 0 WICKED MARTYRS 148 DOMINIQUE 3781 442
PERSONAL ADS
Urmar -- I am fairly sure you impressed the strong, silent one. Those are some of the
few words he has spoken in quite a while! -- Wonder Woman
Aleksandr -- Fine time on the sands with you, sir! Fine time indeed. -- SGT York
Ottobot -- I must take this up with the commission! WRONG OTTO!! I requested a fight
against the other OTTO! Uh, but you were a splendid opponent! Truly! -- Big Brother
Rodger Neffer -- Well lad. You had your shot! And truly, I am glad I blocked it. I
suspect it would have hurt. -- Wonder Woman
Well HOT HAMM AND CHEESE! Will you look at that! Nasty! Nasty!! NASTY!!! I like it! --
Refrigerator Perry
5 turns back and we remain under the mystical 50% win mark. Excellent competition
remains a hallmark of Shadowspire and the Childhood Heroes thoroughly approve! Our big
news this time around comes from our fearless (and speechless) leader; he has
submitted his bid to face Stormclaw. Regardless of the DMs experience advantage, Snake
Eyes claims honor will not permit him to do anything else. We shall see. At the rate
he's been going, I don't think it would surprise me for him to get the challenge and
win the match, but we will see the truth soon enough. Well that's it for this round,
Wonder Woman out!
Agave -- How about that! Third time is the charm. -- Gayne the Jocular
Wilhelm Grimm -- I figured out where you were aiming your attacks. Ouch! -- Bavil the
Insightful
Dorne -- Whew!! I got lucky. -- Ahrog the Fortuitous
Congrats Saul Bellow on your invite to the Isle. -- Clan Longbeard guild
Pterosaur -- We at The Church salute you! You have proven to be a worthy adversary. We
are proud to say our Day One "Bloodfeud" t-shirts were a big hit! It has been decided
to celebrate our final round with a day three "Bloodfeud" beer stein! Buy an extra one
for your other hand. -- Big P
Storming Cadet -- Not the hands! Maybe I will duct tape that sword to my hand next
time. -- Fingerless Friar
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SHEHTAL was dealt death by BLACK ORC in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
BOCCACCIO was viciously butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
DEAD 2 was easily killed by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
DEAD was assassinated by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
HANA was devastated by AHNA MISSTEP in a exciting 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
SNAKE EYES viciously subdued STORMCLAW in a 2 minute expert's Challenge Title brawl.
SAI was viciously subdued by WILHELM GRIMM in a 5 minute master's Challenge match.
SAILASA handily defeated GALPOH CHIPAXE in a 3 minute uneven Challenge melee.
URMAR viciously subdued SIR CHARLES in a 3 minute expert's Challenge fight.
WONDER WOMAN savagely defeated ORLANDO in a 2 minute gory expert's Challenge match.
AGAVE defeated MEADE in a exciting 1 minute Challenge match.
DRUV devastated SHAQ in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
TITO'S was demolished by WYRMSHADOW in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
OTTO'S BIG-TIPPER was overpowered by YANARA BARD in a 1 minute Challenge conflict.
HAMM luckily beat TENN PENN in a tiring 15 minute bloody Challenge duel.
CANTERBURY vanquished ISIAH THOMAS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fray.
REFRIGERATOR PERRY bested FIERCE RYDER in a 3 minute Challenge brawl.
FINGERLESS FRIAR was devastated by DAINTY LEAF in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
WASTEL subdued TESSA SHORTEYE in a exciting 1 minute Challenge bout.
NUN YA BUSINESS beat GENERRO in a 2 minute bloody amateur's Challenge fight.
STORMWING CADET devastated FOZZY GEEZER in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
KAYD THE BOQ won victory over CARDINAL SINNER in a 2 minute novice's Challenge match.
DOMINIQUE slimly lost to BAVIL in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory expert's duel.
SAUL BELLOW savagely defeated ALEKSANDR in a action packed 4 minute veteran's fight.
SGT. YORK defeated TANKERA in a 2 minute duel.
BIG BROTHER was overpowered by KARMA POLICE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
JACOB GRIMM was vanquished by GAYNE in a 1 minute uneven bout.
OTTOBOT slimly lost to KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute bout.
RODGER NEFFER viciously subdued AHROG in a 1 minute bloody bout.
DENNIS RODMAN vanquished FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
DORNE overpowered NIKOLAI GOGOL in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
POUNCING PONTIF overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided match.
PAUL THE BEARER defeated DAGO DRACOSPEAR in a 3 minute novice's bout.
PTYALISM beat KARL-FRANZ in a 2 minute novice's fray.
PTOMAINE unbelievably bested KOHLBE in a 2 minute novice's duel.
PTERODACTYL viciously subdued HERMAN MELVILLE in a 10 minute novice's battle.
CHARMIN outwaited BARQ BITE in a exciting 9 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 12 PARRY-STRIKE 24 - 18 - 0 57 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 8 AIMED BLOW 40 - 31 - 6 56 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 8 SLASHING ATTACK 39 - 32 - 0 55 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 7 WALL OF STEEL 31 - 28 - 1 53 |
|AIMED BLOW 7 PARRY-LUNGE 25 - 25 - 0 50 |
|WALL OF STEEL 6 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 19 - 0 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 6 TOTAL PARRY 55 - 59 - 1 48 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 29 - 35 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 LUNGING ATTACK 29 - 35 - 4 45 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 BASHING ATTACK 16 - 28 - 0 36 |
Turn 443 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 5 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 4 3 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 9 - 3 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 5 3 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 5 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 3 AIMED BLOW 1 - 6 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 AIMED BLOW
1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
WALL OF STEEL SNAKE EYES 58 16 14 1 120 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
TOTAL PARRY SAILASA 3692 23 13 0 108 PRAY THE GODS (155)
PARRY-RIPOSTE STORMCLAW 2569 25 22 1 98 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
STRIKING ATTACK GAYNE 3783 23 12 1 98 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
LUNGING ATTACK ALEKSANDR 1372 17 15 1 87 FAR TRAVELERS (113)
SLASHING ATTACK KARMA POLICE 3855 12 7 0 85 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
BASHING ATTACK MEADE 3895 8 5 0 78 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
PARRY-LUNGE WONDER WOMAN 62 16 14 1 77 CHILDHOOD HEROES (8)
AIMED BLOW OTTOBOT 3829 15 9 1 70 CULT OF BACCHUS (4)
PARRY-STRIKE YANARA BARD 3886 9 5 2 58 WICKED MARTYRS (148)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is AHNA MISSTEP 3729. The most popular warrior this
turn was BARQ BITE 3947. The ten other most popular fighters were GALPOH CHIPAXE
3823, DOMINIQUE 3781, WILHELM GRIMM 3835, URMAR 1373, DAGO DRACOSPEAR 3948, SNAKE
EYES 58, WONDER WOMAN 62, KAYD THE BOQ 3937, ALEKSANDR 1372, and AHNA MISSTEP 3729.
The least popular fighter this week was HAMM 3866. The other ten least popular
fighters were HERMAN MELVILLE 3949, CHARMIN 3943, PTERODACTYL 3913, PTOMAINE 3914,
PTYALISM 3916, NIKOLAI GOGOL 3911, AHROG 3927, JACOB GRIMM 3834, BIG BROTHER 59, and
FOZZY GEEZER 3936.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
SAUL BELLOW (81-3709) LITERATE LOONS (40)