DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/15/2024    Duedate: 07/27/2024

DWES EG ARENA

DM 82    TURN 644

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CLOUDBURST
BIG STRONG MEN (42)
(82-57980) [20-18-2,106]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CLOUDBURST                     GORMU
BIG STRONG MEN (42)            TITANIC RENDERS (6163)
(82-57980) [20-18-2,106]       (82-37230) [4-2-0,64]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SOLDIER 2                      VOIDWALKER
ROOKIE CULT 42 (6792)          END OF THE LINE (446)
(82-40681) [20-32-0,98]        (82-58568) [1-0-0,8]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BIG STRONG MEN (42)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. IN THE CLOSET (978)           17 
2. STONED ROOKIES 3 (7774)       15    ROOKIE MAIDEN 64 (7340)
3. CRIMSON RAGE (974)            14    Unchartered Team
4. THE PEOPLE (734)              14 
5. YEOMAN JOHNSON (8022)         11    IN THE CLOSET (978)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*IN THE CLOSET (978)        6   0  0 100.   1/ 1 BIG STRONG MEN (42)       7  0 0
 2/ 3*TITANIC RENDERS (6163)     4   2  0 66.7   2/ 3 BLUE TIME JEWELS (1134)   5  4 0
 3- 2 I LOATHE THEM (5325)       6   4  0 60.0   3/ 5 END OF THE LINE (446)     4  4 0
 4/ 5 ROOKIE MAIDEN 64 (7340)    9   7  1 56.2   4/13*TITANIC RENDERS (6163)    3  0 0
 5/ 7 STONED ROOKIES 3 (7774)    7   6  0 53.8   5/10*IN THE CLOSET (978)       3  0 0
 6/ 0 CRIMSON RAGE (974)        23  21  1 52.3   6- 4 HIDDEN MAGIC (1128)       3  3 0
 7/ 4 BLOODSWORDS (1135)        72  66  4 52.2   7/ 9 ANGRY CHICKEN (1132)      3  3 0
 8/ 6 ANGRY CHICKEN (1132)      56  55  2 50.5   8/ 2*DEADWOOD (8023)           3  4 0
 9/ 0 MOONS OF KRYNN (6986)     39  48  1 44.8   9/21 STONED ROOKIES 3 (7774)   2  0 0
10/21 ROOKIE MAIDEN 59 (7335)    4   5  0 44.4  10/18*YEOMAN JOHNSON (8022)     2  0 0
11/10 BIG STRONG MEN (42)       91 119  7 43.3  11/ 0 CRIMSON RAGE (974)        2  0 0
12/ 8*DEADWOOD (8023)            6   8  0 42.9  12/11 ROOKIE MAIDEN 64 (7340)   2  1 0
13/27*YEOMAN JOHNSON (8022)      3   4  0 42.9  13/12 ROOKIE MAIDEN 59 (7335)   2  1 0
14/11 BLUE TIME JEWELS (1134)   49  66  5 42.6  14-16 FALLEN MASTERS (3500)     2  3 0
15-12 FALLEN MASTERS (3500)     94 129  5 42.2  15/27*CHEESE (8021)             2  5 1
16-13 SCARLET CHAPEL (1129)     27  38  2 41.5  16/24 THE PEOPLE (734)          2  5 0
17/16 END OF THE LINE (446)     51  72  3 41.5  17/ 6 BLOODSWORDS (1135)        2  9 0
18-14 IMMORTAL EMPIRE (883)     17  24  2 41.5  18-15 I LOATHE THEM (5325)      1  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/15 FAMOUS GOLFERS (424)      31  46  2 40.3  19/23 ROOKIE CULT 42 (6792)     1  2 0
20-19 STRIKE FORCE (4500)       17  27  2 38.6  20/14 TRIBE OF DAWN (5298)      1  2 0
21-20 CITY OF BONES (447)       16  26  1 38.1  21-26 THE BARD'S OWN (444)      1  2 0
22-23 HIDDEN MAGIC (1128)       14  24  1 36.8  22-25 STRIKE FORCE (4500)       1  3 0
23/18 TRIBE OF DAWN (5298)       7  12  1 36.8  23-17 IMMORTAL EMPIRE (883)     1  3 0
24/24 ROOKIE CULT 42 (6792)     20  36  0 35.7  24- 7 CITY OF BONES (447)       1  3 0
25-26 THE BARD'S OWN (444)      12  22  1 35.3  25- 8 SCARLET CHAPEL (1129)     1  4 0
26/29 THE PEOPLE (734)           2   5  0 28.6  26/28 PAIN KILLERS (620)        1  7 0
27/31*CHEESE (8021)              3   8  1 27.3  27/29 WAR TREK (45)             1  8 0
28/30 PAIN KILLERS (620)        10  32  2 23.8  28/30 FAMOUS GOLFERS (424)      1 12 0
29-32*BOOKIE'S APOTHECAR (4546)  1   4  0 20.0  29-31*STREETS OF RIO (7876)     0  5 0
30/33 WAR TREK (45)              3  41  0  6.8  30/ 0 MOONS OF KRYNN (6986)     0  1 0
31-34*STREETS OF RIO (7876)      0   5  0  0.0  31-33*BOOKIE'S APOTHECAR (4546) 0  1 0
32/ 0*TO NAME THESE GUYS (805)   0   1  0  0.0  32/ 0*TO NAME THESE GUYS (805)  0  1 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, warriors of DWES EG!  Once again I've been called out of retirement 
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting.  You know what they say about the 
herd of lions who studied a judge...  STONED ROOKIES 3 moved up 12 places, to 9th.  
Who can explain it?  Not you, not me, not CHEESE's opponents, after watching them 
shoot up the ranks from 27th to 15th.  Looking for a good fight, confident, skilled, 
tough opponents.  Well don't look at BLOODSWORDS, cause they dropped by 11.  What's 
with SKELETON?  He actually beat BLUE TIME JEWELS' FRESHMAN HERO, and walked away 
with 17 more points from the fight.  Major screwup at BLUE TIME JEWELS.  FRESHMAN 
HERO lost 14 points to SKELETON.  Some new strategies, perhaps?  Maybe FRESHMAN HERO 
will provide more easy wins...  SOLDIER 2 was reminded on the sands why CLOUDBURST is 
Duelmaster.  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     No matter the time or place, men will always duel.  How well I know the feeling 
of being in the most avoided team!  Don't fall out of practive, END OF THE LINE!  
Management must be dealin', as the boys at CHEESE ain't reelin'!  END OF THE LINE's 
mad!  What do people see in EDUCATED FOOL?  His 4-6-0?  ROOKIE MAIDEN 59 ain't 
talkin', but he's got 37 points.  PROUDSTAR of THE PEOPLE knows how to pick 'em.  He 
challenged WHIZ of CHEESE who is up by 19.  Now was this a wise move?  PROUDSTAR 
perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he was defeated by WHIZ and ended up with 10 
recognition points.   
     Warriors of DWES EG unite.  You have only your games to lose!  Many a warrior 
has met his fate in a hungover stupor.  You young rapscallions, take note!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  All work 
and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter.  Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.  
Olaffighterwork and no play.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CLOUDBURST 57980             20  18  2 106         BIG STRONG MEN (42)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-STONE OF MISERY 58012         9   3  0 104         IMMORTAL EMPIRE (883)     
 SOLDIER 2 40681              20  32  0  98         ROOKIE CULT 42 (6792)     
 BALD EAGLE 57827             20  12  1  96         FAMOUS GOLFERS (424)      
 THE NOMAD 43737               9   7  1  96         ROOKIE MAIDEN 64 (7340)   

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CRANIAL SPECTER 57957         8   2  1  82         CITY OF BONES (447)       
 GRAND ARBITER 58093          17   8  1  80         END OF THE LINE (446)     
-STORMTOUCHED 58160           14   7  0  69         BIG STRONG MEN (42)       
 BARABOR 32124                 7   8  1  68         TRIBE OF DAWN (5298)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SUNSTEEL 58137               11   7  0  67         BLOODSWORDS (1135)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-THE SENTINEL 32266            6   4  0  65         I LOATHE THEM (5325)      
 GORMU 37230                   4   2  0  64         TITANIC RENDERS (6163)    
 SKELETON 6854                 6   0  0  61         IN THE CLOSET (978)       
 FALLING LEAF 5420             3   3  1  61         THE PEOPLE (734)          
 DYING HOPLITE 58200          10   7  1  59         BLUE TIME JEWELS (1134)   
-MAGE ARMOR 58096              9   0  0  58         HIDDEN MAGIC (1128)       
 ACT TOGETHER 46379            7   4  0  57         STONED ROOKIES 3 (7774)   

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PURPLE NURPLE 57201           6   0  1  53         STRIKE FORCE (4500)       
 FIREKEEPER 57865             14   9  1  52         BLOODSWORDS (1135)        
-MIDNIGHT STAR 58246           5   0  1  52         BLUE TIME JEWELS (1134)   
 WHISPERSILK 58184            13   5  1  45         BLOODSWORDS (1135)        
-MAROON MONK 58329             4   1  0  43         SCARLET CHAPEL (1129)     
 FRESHMAN HERO 58238           9   9  1  41         BLUE TIME JEWELS (1134)   
 EDUCATED FOOL 43714           4   6  0  37         ROOKIE MAIDEN 59 (7335)   
 WHIZ 47722                    3   2  1  35         CHEESE (8021)             

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-LIGHTSINGER 57901             5   3  0  33         PAIN KILLERS (620)        
-JACK MCCALL 47733             2   0  0  32         DEADWOOD (8023)           
 RANDOM HENCHMAN 48095         2   0  0  28         YEOMAN JOHNSON (8022)     
-WEDGE ANTILLES 58264          4   2  0  27         FALLEN MASTERS (3500)     
 FIREBRAND 57623               4   2  0  27         CRIMSON RAGE (974)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOSE MANUEL 47812             3   1  0  22         DEADWOOD (8023)           
 SMOLDERING EMBER 57621        1   2  0  18         CRIMSON RAGE (974)        
 DRAGONBAIT 58355              3   6  0  15         END OF THE LINE (446)     
-CHINCO 58410                  3   3  0  14         WAR TREK (45)             
-KNEECAPPER 58385              2   2  0  12         CITY OF BONES (447)       
-LUTHEN RAEL 58341             3   1  0  11         FALLEN MASTERS (3500)     
 PROUDSTAR 8421                1   1  0  10         THE PEOPLE (734)          
 SAVAGE RABBIT 58580           1   0  0  10         THE PEOPLE (734)          
 VOIDWALKER 58568              1   0  0   8         END OF THE LINE (446)     
-ROLLING GREEN 46928           0   1  0   5         STREETS OF RIO (7876)     
 MR. GREENJEANS 58505          0   3  0   4         FAMOUS GOLFERS (424)      
-SPIRITUAL WEAPON 58508        0   2  0   2         HIDDEN MAGIC (1128)       
-SLAPPER 58142                 0   1  0   1         STRIKE FORCE (4500)       
 SCREWDRIVER 58571             0   1  0   1         FAMOUS GOLFERS (424)      
 SKYBLINDER 58570              0   1  0   1         BLOODSWORDS (1135)        
 AVERAGE JOE 57120             0   1  0   1         MOONS OF KRYNN (6986)     
 Y 5810                        0   1  0   1         TO NAME THESE GUYS (805)  

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
VALIUM 27946            1  4 0 BOOKIE'S APOTHE 4546 WHIZ 47722             643  
DA1 58592               0  1 0 CHEESE 8021          SPYMASTER              644 NONE
DA1 58593               0  1 0 DEADWOOD 8023        SHEWISH GIANT          644 NONE
ETERNAL WAR 58381       0  1 0 IMMORTAL EMPIRE 883  CEPHEUS 20947          640 NOT REVENGED
DARK ALEVE 58562        0  1 0 PAIN KILLERS 620     BANDIT PRINCE          644 NONE
DA1 58579               0  1 0 THE PEOPLE 734       HIGH ELF               644 NONE
DA1 58589               0  1 0 WAR TREK 45          STONE GOLEM            644 NONE
DA2 58590               0  1 0 WAR TREK 45          MOUNTAIN TROLL         644 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Where: Lapur DM 29
When:  Turn 1000 -- August 6th, 2024 is the due date.

Announcing Lapur's 1000th turn. Over the past 38+ years many legendary fighters and 
managers have attended the Lapurian Arena. If you are one of those managers and have a 
inactive team, send them into fight for turn 1000. If you have a tourney team in Lapur 
and need some new recruits for the next tourney, send them in to fight in the Dark 
Arena on turn 1000. Load up the Dark Arena with a page full of fights in the 
newsletter and make it memorable. For this one turn join in and celebrate the arena's 
1000th. C'mon dust off your old Lapurian warriors and send them to fight during the 
day or night for turn 1000 on August 6th!

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DARK ALEVE was viciously butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DA1 was easily killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute gory Dark Arena match.
DA1 was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
DA2 was savagely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a exciting 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was viciously butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
MOSE MANUEL was viciously subdued by EDUCATED FOOL in a 2 minute Challenge match.
PROUDSTAR was handily defeated by WHIZ in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
CLOUDBURST won victory over SOLDIER 2 in a action packed 1 minute expert's Title duel.
BALD EAGLE overpowered BARABOR in a 1 minute uneven duel.
SPIT ROASTER overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
THE NOMAD overpowered SUNSTEEL in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
GRAND ARBITER viciously subdued FALLING LEAF in a 2 minute bloody conflict.
GORMU outlasted FIREKEEPER in a tiring 18 minute master's match.
WHISPERSILK was handily defeated by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute conflict.
FRESHMAN HERO was vanquished by SKELETON in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
RAGING ROOSTER was vanquished by ACT TOGETHER in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
DYING HOPLITE devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
JEREMY IRONS was defeated by RANDOM HENCHMAN in a exciting 1 minute bout.
DRAGONBAIT was overpowered by FIREBRAND in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SMOLDERING EMBER defeated MR. GREENJEANS in a 2 minute conflict.
SCREWDRIVER was bested by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute one-sided contest.
SKYBLINDER was defeated by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute one-sided duel.
SAVAGE RABBIT overpowered Y in a 1 minute uneven fray.
VOIDWALKER viciously subdued AVERAGE JOE in a exciting 6 minute gory novice's contest.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                  12         STRIKING ATTACK   19 -   7 -  1      73  |
|AIMED BLOW                       7         TOTAL PARRY       35 -  16 -  0      69  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         AIMED BLOW        64 -  45 -  3      59  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-RIPOSTE     14 -  14 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   4 -  1      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    57 -  60 -  2      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK   11 -  25 -  0      31  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -  27 -  0      18  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  56 -  0      18  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   5 -  0      17  |

Turn 644 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      1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  7         4  AIMED BLOW     
AIMED BLOW         6 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        2 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  5         2  STRIKING ATTACK
                              PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2     
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       CLOUDBURST -7556           20  18  2  106 BIG STRONG MEN (42)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE NOMAD -21799            9   7  1   96 ROOKIE MAIDEN 64 (7340)
PARRY-STRIKE     SUNSTEEL -7399             11   7  0   67 BLOODSWORDS (1135)
TOTAL PARRY      GORMU -28306                4   2  0   64 TITANIC RENDERS (6163)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DYING HOPLITE -7336        10   7  1   59 BLUE TIME JEWELS (1134)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SOLDIER 2 -24855.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DA2 -6946.  The ten other most popular fighters were VOIDWALKER -6968, 
EDUCATED FOOL -21822, GRAND ARBITER -7443, SCREWDRIVER -6965, CLOUDBURST -7556, 
RANDOM HENCHMAN -17441, DA1 -6947, WHIZ -17814, THE NOMAD -21799, and ACT TOGETHER 
-19157.

The least popular fighter this week was FIREKEEPER -7671.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were GORMU -28306, Y 5810, DRAGONBAIT -7181, RAGING ROOSTER -7405, 
FRESHMAN HERO -7298, WHISPERSILK -7352, BARABOR 32124, PROUDSTAR 8421, DA1 -6957, and 
DA1 -6943.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

BALD EAGLE (82--7709) FAMOUS GOLFERS