DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/11/2018    Duedate: 01/07/2019

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM-83    TURN-150

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MOTHER-IN-LAW
BAD SIGNS (24)
(83-447) [21-9-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MOTHER-IN-LAW                  STORMFLY
BAD SIGNS (24)                 THE DRAGONS (65)
(83-447) [21-9-0,100]          (83-548) [4-0-0,46]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

JESTER                         HARLEY
WETWORKS (30)                  HOUSE OF FUR (62)
(83-479) [17-14-1,83]          (83-564) [1-1-0,6]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WETWORKS (30)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. KAME HOUSE (61)             40
2. BAD SIGNS (24)              40      BAD SIGNS (24)
3. THE DRAGONS (65)            39      Unchartered Team
4. NFL NETWORK (63)            31
5. SORCERER KINGS (66)         11      SORCERER KINGS (66)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*SORCERER KINGS (66)       13   7  3 65.0   1/ 1 WETWORKS (30)            10  5 2
 2/ 0 BAD SIGNS (24)           307 178 25 63.3   2/ 8*THE DRAGONS (65)         10  5 1
 3/ 5*THE DRAGONS (65)          13   8  1 61.9   3/ 4*NFL NETWORK (63)          9  6 0
 4/ 2 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)   30  20  1 60.0   4/ 2*SORCERER KINGS (66)       8  7 3
 5/ 3*THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   12  10  2 54.5   5/ 5*THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   8  7 1
 6/ 4*NFL NETWORK (63)          13  12  0 52.0   6/ 3 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)   8  7 0
 7/ 6 ENDLESS (58)              36  39  3 48.0   7/ 6*HOUSE OF FUR (62)         8  7 0
 8/ 7 WETWORKS (30)            111 133 22 45.5   8/10*KAME HOUSE (61)           6  9 0
 9/ 8*HOUSE OF FUR (62)         11  14  0 44.0   9/ 9 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     4 11 1
10/10*KAME HOUSE (61)            8  12  0 40.0  10/ 0 BAD SIGNS (24)            3  1 1
11/ 9 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     23  49  3 31.9  11/ 7 ENDLESS (58)              3  8 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

Hello warriors of Telorinthe! I am Nemesis, the manager of "The Ferocious Five" So now 
that I have introduced myself I will share some quotes with you!

     1. "Don't teach your kids that history happened in the past, tell them it         
        happened in the present, it was just their present, not ours." -- anonymous

     2. "Taxation without representation is tyranny" -- James Otis

     3. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough" -- Mae West

And here are some of my favorite books!

     1. Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone -- J.K. Rowling
     2. Percy Jackson the Last Olympian -- Rick Riordan
     3. Harry Potter Deathly Hallows -- J.K. Rowling
     4. Percy Jackson Lighting Thief -- Rick Riordan
     5. Tiger Rising -- Kate DiCamillo

As you can see I mostly like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. ye! 
:)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hello! Hello! Hello!  It is another exciting turn in Telorinthe!  My name is Ori 
Starbloom and I will be your spy reporter for this most excellent turn 150.  Wow!  
This place has been going for 150 turns! This is amazing!  We should do something to 
celebrate.  Everyone join me at The Laughing Giant Tavern after the fights today, and 
we can talk about all the great things that happened this turn!  I am even more 
excited about this turn now, if that is possible!

     It is good to see Mr. Crip has returned to the arena.  I have never met him 
personally, but the spy reporters that frequent the other slow arenas speak very 
highly of him.  I can only speak for myself because I have a feeling that Mr. Savant 
and Mr. Weirdo were not as happy to see him.  Jester, a member of Savant's team, was 
our Duelmaster last turn.  With Crip's return, Jester met Mother-in-Law in the Title 
fight.  The style match up favored Mother-In-Law and 4 minutes after the match 
started, we had a new Duelmaster.  Telorinthe has a long and tiresome history with 
Total Parry Duelmasters.  Ha! You get it?  Long and tiresome!  Okay, I'll move on.  
Congrats to our new Duelmaster, Mother-In-Law!

     After a few tense exchanges in the personal ads between Conjure the Sun and Kame 
House, it is not surprising to see them in the avoid section of our report.  Conjure 
the Sun was the most avoided team for the turn, and Kame House avoided them the most.  
Let me see, the most challenged warrior for the turn was Ice Man.  He killed a member 
House of Fur warrior a few turns back, and it looks as if they did not like that one 
bit!  Choco bloodfeuded him for a second time this turn, and Ice Man lost.

     I am sad to report that a few warriors did not survive the turn. Eclipse, who 
sent me a personal ad this turn, did not survive in his fight against Hurricane 
Season.  This is why I said Weirdo may not be happy to see Crip return.  I am a 
professional spy reporter, why am I sad right now?  Also, we have to say goodbye to 
Milky, a young warrior from House of Fur.  The appropriately named Nightmare killed 
her in a 1-minute fight.  We also bid farewell to Maine.  He randomly matched up with 
Wyan from the Sorcerer Kings.  It was one-sided and over rather quickly.  Oh, now I am 
even more sad.  Okay, I have to pull myself together to finish this report, then I can 
go have a good cry to get this out of my system!

     Wetworks is still the top team, but The Dragons are only a kill out of first 
place.  The Dragons had the best upward mobility for turn 150.  NFL Network moves up 
one spot and Sorcerer Kings fall two.  The Ferocious Five close out the top 5 teams.  
Conjure the Sun experienced the largest loss falling out of the top 5.  There are no 
new graduates to report this turn.

     Okay, whew, I think I am better now.  Don't get me wrong, I'm probably going to 
burst into tears of sadness at any moment, but I think I am well enough to finish up 
here.  Remember, come see me at The Laughing Giant later this afternoon to celebrate 
150 turns.  I also want to see each of you back next turn.  I don't think anyone can 
challenge Mother-In-Law for the throne, but there are plenty of ways to lose in the 
arena.  A returning team could pose a threat or even one of the arena stand bys could 
pull an upset.  Come back and see!

                                          -- Ori Starbloom

P.S. Thank you to everyone being active in the personal ads.  I also love all the team 
spotlights you guys and gals are writing!  Keep up the good work!

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOTHER-IN-LAW 447            21   9  0   100       BAD SIGNS (24)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HURRICANE SEASON 507          8   3  3    87       BAD SIGNS (24)
 JESTER 479                   17  14  1    83       WETWORKS (30)
-HIRED BY TRUMP 506            7   4  0    74       BAD SIGNS (24)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HILLARY CLINTON 486          10   7  0    66       BAD SIGNS (24)
 BEHEMOTH 517                  8   3  1    59       WETWORKS (30)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IRON OGRE 508                11   5  1    47       WETWORKS (30)
 STORMFLY 548                  4   0  0    46       THE DRAGONS (65)
 J.J. WATT 535                 5   0  0    41       NFL NETWORK (63)
 CHOCO 530                     4   1  0    40       HOUSE OF FUR (62)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAM NEWTON 534                3   2  0    33       NFL NETWORK (63)
 SACHA 555                     3   1  0    33       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 RED DEATH 547                 3   1  0    31       THE DRAGONS (65)
 KING KILLER 543               2   2  0    31       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 WYAN 553                      3   1  2    30       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 KING CHAPPA 527               3   1  0    30       KAME HOUSE (61)
 MASTER ROSHI 524              2   2  0    30       KAME HOUSE (61)
 HEAT WAVE 515                 7   3  0    29       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 FAETERNA 492                  6  11  0    29       ENDLESS (58)
 BURGER KING 559               3   0  0    29       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 REESE'S PB 438                6   9  0    27       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
-WHIRLED 474                   6   8  0    27       ENDLESS (58)
 A SMOKING WOMAN 441           5  10  1    26       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 NIGHTMARE 545                 3   1  1    26       THE DRAGONS (65)
-ELUCIDATOR 495                2   4  0    26       ENDLESS (58)
 PUAR 526                      2   2  0    26       KAME HOUSE (61)
 DAWN 522                      4   3  0    25       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BRONZEN 493                   4   3  0    22       ENDLESS (58)
 VICIOUS VENOM 540             3   1  1    22       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512           5   5  1    21       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 STONED TROLL 513              4   6  0    18       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 DESHAUN WATSON 549            3   1  0    18       NFL NETWORK (63)
-WAYJOURNER 491                3   4  0    17       ENDLESS (58)
 ICE MAN 468                   3   5  1    16       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SKY 544                       2   2  0    14       THE DRAGONS (65)
 MANIAC MAULER 542             3   2  1    12       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 GARFIELD 529                  3   2  0    12       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 SIX FLAGS 469                 2   6  0    12       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 BORYS 554                     3   1  1    11       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 SKYLER 561                    1   1  0    11       THE DRAGONS (65)
 HERSHEY 563                   1   1  0     9       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 HAMANU 556                    2   2  0     8       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 OBA 552                       2   2  0     8       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 BLACK WIDOW 567               1   0  0     7       WETWORKS (30)
 HARLEY 564                    1   1  0     6       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 GUILFORD 558                  1   2  0     5       KAME HOUSE (61)
 PUKEI 557                     0   3  0     3       KAME HOUSE (61)
 CHLOE THE CAT 562             0   2  0     2       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 AJ GREEN 569                  0   1  0     1       NFL NETWORK (63)
 TURTLE 568                    0   1  0     1       WETWORKS (30)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BARE-HAND AB 566        0  1 0 BAD SIGNS 24         WURM KIN              150  NONE
ECLIPSE 511             8  2 0 CONJURE UP THE SU 60 HURRICANE SEASON 507  150   
GRACIE 531              1  2 0 HOUSE OF FUR 62      ICE MAN 468           148  JUST REVENGED
MILKY 565               1  1 0 HOUSE OF FUR 62      NIGHTMARE 545         150   
ODELL BECKAM JR 536     1  4 0 NFL NETWORK 63       WURM KIN              150  NONE
MAINE 440               4 11 0 SCORPIO'S LIKES: 57  WYAN 553              150   
SKYLER 560              0  1 0 THE DRAGONS 65       BORYS 554             148  REVENGED
SKYLER 546              0  1 0 THE DRAGONS 65       MANIAC MAULER 542     146  REVENGED
DEATH DEALER 541        1  1 0 THE FEROCIOUS FIV 64 WYAN 553              148  REVENGED
LORD VOLDEMORT 550      0  1 0 THE FEROCIOUS FIV 64 ARCHIVE 521           147  REVENGED
ARCHIVE 521             3  3 1 WETWORKS 30          VICIOUS VENOM 540     149  JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Ori Starblood -- Just because I can doesn't mean I should. -- Eclipse on challenging 
the Duelmaster

Faeterna -- I'm sure that challenge seemed like a great idea on paper. -- Eclipse

All -- If you open your door and see a vampire on fire, whatever you do, don't try to 
stomp it out with your foot! -- Weirdo

I see we have a Darque Family here with us.  Nice to meet you all.  Welcome. -- 
Scorpio

Channel Master and Disiple -- Thanks. -- Nike

Channel Master -- I'm a fan of the Royals and Chiefs. -- Savant
P.S.  Let's not forget the Jayhawks

Bronzen -- Glad i could help. -- Behemoth

FHE -- I try to stay away from Trolls of any kind. -- Iron Ogre

Maniac Mauler -- You shall not kill my third Skyler. -- Dragon Master

Killer -- Well, I'm alive. -- Qween Artemis

Reeces PB -- Stop!  You're making me hungry! -- Garfield

Ice Man -- You're lucky I went easy on you. -- Choco

OBJ -- Odell Beckam Jr?  More like Odell Beckam Loser. -- Hershey

All -- for the record.  I did not copy Reeces PB. -- Hershey

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ODELL BECKAM JR was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BARE-HAND AB was butchered by WURM KIN in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
CHOCO overcame ICE MAN in a 1 minute Bloodfeud match.
BEHEMOTH overpowered VICIOUS VENOM in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud duel.
STONED TROLL was savagely defeated by MASTER ROSHI in a 3 minute Challenge match.
J.J. WATT unbelievably bested SACHA in a exciting 2 minute amateur's Challenge fight.
RED DEATH slimly won victory over REESE'S PB in a 3 minute Challenge competition.
DAWN vanquished SIX FLAGS in a 1 minute gory uneven Challenge duel.
SKY vanquished PUKEI in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
HAMANU was overpowered by HEAT WAVE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge match.
SKYLER narrowly defeated GUILFORD in a 2 minute novice's Challenge fight.
CAM NEWTON demolished VAMPIRE ON FIRE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
NIGHTMARE delivered the death blow upon MILKY in a 1 minute novice's Challenge battle.
JESTER was unbelievably bested by MOTHER-IN-LAW in a 4 minute master's Title bout.
HURRICANE SEASON slaughtered ECLIPSE in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
IRON OGRE was vanquished by HILLARY CLINTON in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
STORMFLY viciously subdued FAETERNA in a 2 minute amateur vs. veteran upset brawl.
A SMOKING WOMAN was overpowered by CARLOI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
MAINE was assassinated by WYAN in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
MANIAC MAULER was devastated by PUAR in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
KING KILLER vanquished HERSHEY in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided match.
GARFIELD unbelievably bested AJ GREEN in a 2 minute amateur's fray.
KING CHAPPA overpowered OBA in a 1 minute one-sided match.
DESHAUN WATSON defeated TURTLE in a popular 2 minute novice's duel.
BORYS won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a tiresome 5 minute novice's fight.
BURGER KING vanquished HARLEY in a action packed 6 minute uneven bout.
CHLOE THE CAT was savagely defeated by BLACK WIDOW in a 4 minute novice's fray.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 12         TOTAL PARRY       18 -   9 -  1      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         STRIKING ATTACK   49 -  34 -  4      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         SLASHING ATTACK   20 -  14 -  0      59  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         WALL OF STEEL     14 -  13 -  2      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       6         LUNGING ATTACK    28 -  26 -  3      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         AIMED BLOW        21 -  21 -  2      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         BASHING ATTACK    15 -  28 -  1      35  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -  17 -  0      29  |

Turn 150 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:

TOTAL PARRY        5 -  1     AIMED BLOW         2 -  4         5  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  4     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         2  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  6     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  4     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      MOTHER-IN-LAW 447          21   9  0  100 BAD SIGNS (24)
STRIKING ATTACK  HURRICANE SEASON 507        8   3  3   87 BAD SIGNS (24)
LUNGING ATTACK   JESTER 479                 17  14  1   83 WETWORKS (30)
SLASHING ATTACK  HILLARY CLINTON 486        10   7  0   66 BAD SIGNS (24)
AIMED BLOW       IRON OGRE 508              11   5  1   47 WETWORKS (30)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is JESTER 479.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
HARLEY 564.  The ten other most popular fighters were JESTER 479, SACHA 555, STORMFLY 
548, DESHAUN WATSON 549, MASTER ROSHI 524, CHLOE THE CAT 562, RED DEATH 547, GUILFORD 
558, BEHEMOTH 517, and SKYLER 561.

The least popular fighter this week was BORYS 554.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BURGER KING 559, OBA 552, HERSHEY 563, MANIAC MAULER 542, MAINE 440, A 
SMOKING WOMAN 441, IRON OGRE 508, ECLIPSE 511, MILKY 565, and VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512.

                                CHALLENGES AND AVOIDS

To clarify:  You issue Challenges to warriors, but Avoid teams.  
To Challenge, write that warrior's name and ID# in the space provided. 
To Avoid, write the team's name and Team ID in that space. 
Make sure you include the ID!

                             * * * * *   MEMO  * * * * *

From:       The Office of Accurate Census Reporting, Gladiatorial Commission
To:         All Managers

In the interest of preserving our natural resources and preventing managerial writer's 
cramp, the census form has been eliminated, effective immediately.  Managers may 
register their warriors' races and/or favorite sayings by simply writing them on a 
separate piece of paper and submitting them to the Commission.  Each warrior may have 
up to 15 favorite sayings.  Each saying must be categorized Jeer, Gloat, Boredom, Ouch, 
Victory and may be up to 70 characters long.  For any questions, please contact the 
Gladiatorial Commission. 

                            A DM TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

          12 political points a'pumpin'
          11 TVs a'workin'
          10 free duels of credit
           9 ABs to challenge
           8 criticals a'connectin'
           7 scums a'dyin'
           6 skills a'maxin'
           5 A.D. invites
           4 lucky warriors
           3 size on replacement
           2 proxied TCs
          And a quarterstaff from a pear tree.

                                   May your days be merry,
                                   And your wins be often.

                                             The Consortium

  This is just a reminder to all participants in this arena that it is a no-tourney

arena, and is therefore subject to the no-tourney rules.  The pledge all participants 
took when they entered this arena is as follows:

   ********************************************************************************

                               NO-TOURNEY ARENA PLEDGE

    * I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a tournament, nor 
      will I use a tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
    * I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena.  If circumstances 
      preclude my running less than a full team, I will notify the Player Committee.
    * I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
    * I understand that any warrior that participates in a tournament or receives 
      a tournament prize shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.

   ********************************************************************************

Best of luck in the arena!

                        TEAM AND CHARACTER MAINTENANCE SERVICE

     As a service to all managers, we offer team and character maintenance.  This 
option allows you to make sure your team or selected warriors will never miss a turn!

     Team Maintenance:  This will cause all warriors on that team to fight every 
     turn; if it's an AD arena, any new warriors who arrive on that team will 
     fight the turn they arrive.  In A.D. or in transfer arenas where you have 
     multiple teams, each team will need to separately be on Team Maintenance.  
     (The only exception is new warriors; they will not fight until they have had 
     their initial strategy input.)  

     Character Maintenance:  This will cause only that warrior to fight every 
     turn.  If the character graduates or changes arenas, he/she/it will stay on 
     Character Maintenance.

     In either case, you may submit strategy sheets for your warriors each turn, if 
you wish.  The Team/Character Maintenance will make sure your warriors fight each 
turn, and they will always use their most recently entered strategy.
     Remember that challenges, avoids, and challenge/if challenged strategies will not 
carry through from turn to turn.  These sections are only used on the turn they are 
entered.  In order to continually challenge or avoid you will need to submit a 
strategy sheet each time. 
     One other thing to remember about maintenance:  Maintenance is not something 
that you write on your turnsheet (like in demo tourneys).  In order to add or remove 
maintenance for a team or warrior, you must send a note to Customer Service.  If you 
just write things like this on your strategy sheet, they may or may not get done.  
Likewise, don't write it on your personal ads.  Please, please, please put it on a 
separate piece of paper with "Customer Service" written on the top.  If you don't, 
well, you can imagine.
     Thanks for your time.  Good luck in Duelmasters! -- Green Eyes