DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/15/2019    Duedate: 11/11/2019

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM-83    TURN-161

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CAM NEWTON
NFL NETWORK (63)
(83-534) [13-3-0,118]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CAM NEWTON                     SIR ROUND
NFL NETWORK (63)               QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
(83-534) [13-3-0,118]          (83-590) [4-2-0,34]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

HAMANU                         HAMANU
SORCERER KINGS (66)            SORCERER KINGS (66)
(83-556) [9-6-0,74]            (83-556) [9-6-0,74]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

KAME HOUSE (61)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE DRAGONS (65)            31
2. NFL NETWORK (63)            29      THE DRAGONS (65)
3. THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)     25      Unchartered Team
4. KAME HOUSE (61)             23
5. SORCERER KINGS (66)          5      QUEEN'S GUARD (68)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3 THE DRAGONS (65)          41  31  1 56.9   1/ 1 KAME HOUSE (61)          10  5 1
 2/ 4 KAME HOUSE (61)           42  33  3 56.0   2/ 5 NFL NETWORK (63)         10  5 0
 3/ 5 HOUSE OF FUR (62)         44  36  1 55.0   3/ 2 HOUSE OF FUR (62)         8  7 1
 4/ 6 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   41  36  3 53.2   4/ 4 THE DRAGONS (65)          7  5 0
 5/ 7 NFL NETWORK (63)          41  37  3 52.6   5/ 3*QUEEN'S GUARD (68)        6  9 0
 6/ 2*QUEEN'S GUARD (68)        15  15  0 50.0   6/ 8 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   6  9 0
 7/ 8 SORCERER KINGS (66)       37  38  4 49.3   7/ 7 SORCERER KINGS (66)       6  9 0
 8/ 9 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     37  85  3 30.3   8/ 6 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     3  8 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     I was going on vacation, see?  Surf, sun...  But what do those bums say?  "Hit 
the road, Debby Tonte.  TELORINTHE needs a spyreport."  Oh, well.  NFL NETWORK like 
really fought hard to move up to 2nd from 5th.  Way to go!  MVP award for SKY?  THE 
DRAGONS' proud of her after beating ICE MAN and getting 17 points.  Talk about yer 
big time losers!  ICE MAN got smashed by SKY, and lost 12 points!  Like KAME HOUSE's 
GUILFORD is sweating since it got Bloodfeuded by Duelmaster CAM NEWTON!  Don't you 
think the Duelmaster is being unfair?  I think CAM NEWTON should let GUILFORD be 
Duelmaster for a while, without fighting about it.  Is the Duelmaster really being a 
real snob to his teammates?  Don't ask me!   
     I gotta admit I haven't been in "deep con caves" with any spies.  Really, I just 
wing this stuff.  SCORPIO'S LIKES: was TELORINTHE's most avoided team.  Is there some 
award for that?  Hhmph!  What kind of warriors are QUEEN'S GUARD?  SCORPIO'S LIKES:, 
an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them to accept an invitation!  
Like, is WINDSHEAR popular, or what?  She was challenged the most in all of 
TELORINTHE!  She's got a 6-3-0, is that good?   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  Hey you guys, don't you think your families would like to hear from you? 
Write!  (Or have someone write for you.)  
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I know how much you like reading this stuff, but I really should stop.  I had 
a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte  

                                 *  *  *  *  *  *  * 

                     A Day in the Life of a Spy Reporter, Part 1
                                     SYP Special
                                  Author Uncredited

The workday begins before sunrise in the small arena city of Telorinthe.  A short 
magical phrase from a high, feminine voice causes a hand-sized crystal on a bronze 
pedestal to illuminate the room.  A small, elven girl emerges from a single bed with a 
straw-stuffed mattress.  Stretches begin her day once she is upon the wooden floor. 
The bed is adorned with a beautiful woven blanket adorned with a red and white chevron 
pattern.  The craftsmanship of the blanket looks out of place in the room.

The Telorinthe spy reporter lives in a modest, sparsely furnished apartment over the 
local Yellow Press offices.  When asked about the arrangement, Ori Starbloom says, "My 
family's property is miles from the town.  I do not have to live here, but it makes it 
so much more convenient for working in and around the city."  She opens the door to a 
pitcher filled with fresh water, a small block of cheese, and a bread heel.  After 
pouring water into a small wooden cup, she sips it and nibbles at the food.

Her attention is on a pile of scrolls laying haphazardly on a corner table.  She sips 
and puts food to her mouth mechanically.  I'm certain I could replace the food and 
drink with anything, and she would not notice the change.  Her eyes dart up and down 
the scrolls.  Gladiatorial Commission clerks, couriers, and golems have worked 
tirelessly throughout the week to gather all of the pertinent information for the 
upcoming games.  Ori reads each scroll quickly, going through the pile at a quickened 
pace.

When she reaches the final page, she jumps from the chair and pulls on a pair of soft 
leather boots.  She runs a bone comb through her hair before she ties it off in a high 
top-knot.  The elf leaves the room with a purpose.  In the same clothing she fell 
asleep in the previous night, she heads downstairs to the Yellow Press offices.

They are cold, dark, and quiet.  Ori grabs a few logs from a pile and throws them into 
the cast iron stove that heats the office.  She quickly starts a fire, a skill she has 
mastered made apparent with the ease in which she performs the task.  A soft glow 
begins to dance off of old wooden desks.  Stacks of papyrus, paper, and scroll cases 
cover desks and large areas of the floor.  Except for magical enchantments protecting 
the building, a stray spark from the stove could turn it all to ash in moments.

With the fire burning bright, the first rays of the morning shoot through the office 
windows.  Slowly workers begin to file into the office.  As they arrive, Ori dashes 
upstairs to grab her cloak and then out the door.  Her enthusiasm for the task ahead 
can be seen in her gait.  She is like a child sprinting to a confectioner's shop. 
Small and nimble, she weaves through the growing rush of people in the streets.  It is 
difficult to keep up with her, but her destination is clearly the arena on the north 
side of the city.

A noticeable spring in her step, almost like a child skipping, appears as we get 
closer to the arena.  Ori's bubbling personality speaks to every stranger she passes.  
Immediately out of the Yellow Press offices, people grunt or ignore the high-pitched 
"Good morning!" from the elf lass.  As we near the arena, people are much more 
receptive. "Good morning, Ori!" is heard more frequently.  A few of the shopkeepers, 
human and otherwise, even stop their work to hug the young lady as she slows and takes 
the time to engage them.

"Ori is just a wonderful young lass," Herrold the Baker tells me. "She is always so 
upbeat and every day she stops in to see me and the wife on her way to the arena.  It 
is great to have people like her around, especially with the tough crowd the arenas 
can attract at times!"  This is the sentiment from nearly every shop keeper on the 
lane leading to the arena.  Ori has become such a welcome sight to many of them.  They 
look for her in the morning, sometimes in the evenings, and dote on her like 
grandparents.  I appreciate the irony, though sweetness, of these relationships since 
Ori is 80 years old.  The long-lived elves do not show their true age, even after 
centuries.

Even with the stops and delays, our spy reporter is one of the first non-gladiators to 
the Telorinthe arena.  She checks in with the Arenamaster for the fight docket before 
she makes her way to the Yellow Press office in the arena.  Another stack of paper is 
waiting for her from the main office in Shadowspire.  Reports, rumors, and innuendo 
from various sources make their way to Ori's desk.  She is new to spy reporting, but 
wise enough to sift through the information and discern fact from fiction according to 
her colleagues.

"Ori is a sweetheart with a sharp wit!" Sidara Brightbell, senior spy reporter and 
Ori's mentor, purrs.  "She can sniff out a lead with these gladiators quicker than any 
I have seen before.  She is such a darling!  I'm glad Phineas gave her a shot."

After absorbing all the data, Ori hangs up her cloak and heads for the gladiator pens.  
The elf says interacting with the warriors is her favorite part of the job.  "You meet 
so many people from different parts of Alastari.  I love the games because it doesn't 
matter who or what you were in the streets.  Everyone gets a fair shake in the arena.  
Rich or poor, human, elf, werecat, or Shew, it really doesn't matter.  The question 
isn't what are you, but how well can fight?"

                               CONTINUED IN THE NEXT NL

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAM NEWTON 534               13   3  0   118       NFL NETWORK (63)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MASTER ROSHI 524             11   4  0   106       KAME HOUSE (61)
 RED DEATH 547                10   5  0    93       THE DRAGONS (65)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PUKEI 557                     9   5  0    77       KAME HOUSE (61)
 HAMANU 556                    9   6  0    74       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 J.J. WATT 535                11   5  0    69       NFL NETWORK (63)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HARLEY 564                    8   5  0    65       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 CHOCO 530                    10   6  0    64       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 KING CHAPPA 527               9   6  1    61       KAME HOUSE (61)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NIGHTMARE 545                 9   6  1    59       THE DRAGONS (65)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SKY 544                       6   9  0    55       THE DRAGONS (65)
 MANIAC MAULER 542             9   7  1    51       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 GARFIELD 529                 11   5  0    49       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 BURGER KING 559              10   4  0    49       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 BORYS 554                     8   7  1    45       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 VICIOUS VENOM 540             9   6  1    41       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
-REESE'S PB 438                7  18  0    39       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 ICE MAN 468                   9  10  1    38       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 WINDSHEAR 580                 6   3  0    38       THE DRAGONS (65)
 KING KILLER 543               7   8  1    37       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 GREG OLSEN 581                6   3  1    36       NFL NETWORK (63)
 WYAN 553                      9   6  2    35       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 PUAR 526                      7   8  0    34       KAME HOUSE (61)
 SIR ROUND 590                 4   2  0    34       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIX FLAGS 469                 7  12  0    33       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 GUILFORD 558                  6   8  2    33       KAME HOUSE (61)
 MIDNIGHT 573                  6   5  0    30       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 MANGO CHUTNEY 579             4   5  0    28       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LALALI-PUY 588                4   4  1    18       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 SIR MUNN 609                  2   1  0    18       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 ERIK DICKERSON 615            1   0  0    15       NFL NETWORK (63)
 SIR CUMBSTANCE 592            3   3  0    12       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 SIR CULE 591                  3   3  0    12       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 SIR CUMBVENT 593              2   4  0    10       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 TACO CAT 606                  2   2  1     9       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 MOOSE HEAD 596                1   6  0     9       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 ANTONIO BROWN 612             1   1  0     7       NFL NETWORK (63)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BAMBI 597               1  2 0 HOUSE OF FUR 62      NICK CHUBB 604        157  REVENGED
LUKE KAECHLY 607        0  2 0 NFL NETWORK 63       GUILFORD 558          159  JUST REVENGED
SIR PRISE 594           1  2 0 QUEEN'S GUARD 68     LALALI-PUY 588        158  REVENGED
NOPE 614                0  1 0 SORCERER KINGS 66    MOUNTAIN TROLL        161  NONE
STORMFLY 548            9  2 0 THE DRAGONS 65       HIRED BY TRUMP 506    157  REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

DM Cam Newton -- Congrats on the throne, Mr Gives Balls to Kids -- Queen's Guard

Six Flags -- I made a few extra flag pole holes for ya, now you can be Sixtey Flags -- 
Sir Round

Sky -- You are suppose to fall, not me.  Let's try that again, see if we can't bring 
that around full -- Sir Cule

Windshear -- Can a man have a moment for thoughtful prayer after the horn sounds or is 
that too much to ask? -- Sir Munn

Greg Olsen -- I fell prey to -- Sir Cumbstance

Antonio Brown -- If you keep fighting like that you may have a team that wants to keep 
you -- Sir Cumbvent

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

NOPE was barely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
CAM NEWTON demolished GUILFORD in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud Title melee.
J.J. WATT luckily beat KING CHAPPA in a crowd pleasing 6 minute bloody Challenge duel.
SIR ROUND was overpowered by NIGHTMARE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SIR CUMBSTANCE was devastated by GREG OLSEN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
SIR CUMBVENT was overpowered by MANGO CHUTNEY in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
SIR CULE was overpowered by WINDSHEAR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
SIR MUNN won victory over ANTONIO BROWN in a 4 minute beginner's Challenge duel.
RED DEATH was savagely defeated by MASTER ROSHI in a 2 minute gruesome duel.
CHOCO was defeated by PUKEI in a 1 minute brutal fight.
HARLEY handily defeated KING KILLER in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
HAMANU savagely defeated BURGER KING in a crowd pleasing 6 minute bloody match.
ICE MAN was devastated by SKY in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
GARFIELD unbelievably bested SIX FLAGS in a crowd pleasing 5 minute bout.
MANIAC MAULER handily defeated WYAN in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BORYS defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a action packed 4 minute struggle.
VICIOUS VENOM handily defeated LALALI-PUY in a 2 minute mismatched bout.
PUAR devastated MOOSE HEAD in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
MIDNIGHT overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided match.
TACO CAT was beaten by ERIK DICKERSON in a 2 minute novice's match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       8         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         STRIKING ATTACK   57 -  32 -  5      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         TOTAL PARRY       30 -  27 -  1      53  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         AIMED BLOW        48 -  44 -  1      52  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK   27 -  27 -  2      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         LUNGING ATTACK    33 -  33 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL     11 -  18 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    18 -  30 -  3      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -  15 -  1      21  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  10 -  0       9  |

Turn 161 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     3 -  4         4  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW         4 -  4     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  4         1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  CAM NEWTON 534             13   3  0  118 NFL NETWORK (63)
LUNGING ATTACK   MASTER ROSHI 524           11   4  0  106 KAME HOUSE (61)
AIMED BLOW       RED DEATH 547              10   5  0   93 THE DRAGONS (65)
TOTAL PARRY      J.J. WATT 535              11   5  0   69 NFL NETWORK (63)
SLASHING ATTACK  CHOCO 530                  10   6  0   64 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
WALL OF STEEL    VICIOUS VENOM 540           9   6  1   41 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is HAMANU 556.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
HAMANU 556.  The ten other most popular fighters were KING CHAPPA 527, SIX FLAGS 469, 
ANTONIO BROWN 612, NIGHTMARE 545, MASTER ROSHI 524, GREG OLSEN 581, PUKEI 557, HARLEY 
564, SKY 544, and TACO CAT 606.

The least popular fighter this week was MOOSE HEAD 596.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were LALALI-PUY 588, BORYS 554, WYAN 553, ICE MAN 468, KING KILLER 543, 
CHOCO 530, SIR CULE 591, SIR CUMBVENT 593, GUILFORD 558, and VICIOUS VENOM 540.