DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/07/2020    Duedate: 02/03/2020

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM-83    TURN-164

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RED DEATH
THE DRAGONS (65)
(83-547) [13-5-2,150]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RED DEATH                      SIR ROUND
THE DRAGONS (65)               QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
(83-547) [13-5-2,150]          (83-590) [6-2-0,66]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

KING CHAPPA                    SIX FLAGS
KAME HOUSE (61)                SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
(83-527) [11-7-1,79]           (83-469) [8-14-0,49]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)         45
2. KAME HOUSE (61)             39      KAME HOUSE (61)
3. THE DRAGONS (65)            26      Unchartered Team
4. QUEEN'S GUARD (68)          21
5. THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)     19      RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)        8   2  0 80.0   1/ 1 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)  10  5 0
 2/ 2 KAME HOUSE (61)           51  39  3 56.7   2/ 3 KAME HOUSE (61)           9  6 0
 3/ 3 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   51  41  3 55.4   3/ 8*RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       8  2 0
 4/ 5 THE DRAGONS (65)          46  38  3 54.8   4/ 4 SORCERER KINGS (66)       7  8 0
 5/ 4*QUEEN'S GUARD (68)        21  18  0 53.8   5/ 6*QUEEN'S GUARD (68)        6  3 0
 6/ 6 HOUSE OF FUR (62)         50  45  1 52.6   6/ 2 NFL NETWORK (63)          6  7 0
 7/ 7 NFL NETWORK (63)          47  44  3 51.6   7/ 5 HOUSE OF FUR (62)         6  9 0
 8/ 8 SORCERER KINGS (66)       44  46  4 48.9   8/ 7 THE DRAGONS (65)          5  7 2
 9/ 9 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     39  95  3 29.1   9/ 9 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     2 10 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

Dragon Master giggled.  "I think she likes you." 

White Lion gently pushed the baby red dragon down to the floor as it stubbornly tried 
to crawl up his leg and into his lap.  "No!" He admonished her, but seemingly without 
effect.  Stretching her reptilian wings to their full two foot wingspan, the month old 
hatchling stretched dramatically, looked at him with large adoring eyes, and began 
climbing up his leg again.  

"Careful, White Lion," Riff-Raff glanced at mama dragon, who was warily eyeing the 
gladiator group.  "You don't want to offend anybody."  

White Lion grimaced.  "I don't even want to be here!"  He glanced up at the mama 
dragon who was moving slowly closer to her baby, obviously concerned about the bad 
influence White Lion was having on her first born.  

"Don't make.."  Dragon Master's warning was too late.  White Lion and Wailin' Van 
Halen dove for cover as Red Death spat a teeny tiny fire ball that incinerated 
furniture, floor, wall, and (if they didn't have supernatural reflexes) warrior into a 
tiny pile of ash.  

"Eye contact."  The baby red dragon shook itself out of the rubble, merry eyes 
shining, and flew up to nuzzle its momma.  

The two gladiators stood up and dusted themselves off, looking warily in the general 
direction of the current Duelmaster and definitely full sized dragon who crawled 
dexterously onto a rocky outcropping overlooking the cavern they were in.  Red Death 
looked (if it were possible) sheepishly apologetic as Dragon Master wagged a single 
index finger in her face.  "No! Bad dragon!" 

"Pay attention!  This could be important!" Everyone turned their attention back to the 
front of the large cavern where Queen Artemis held court.  "We need to understand why 
Riff-Raff is having such a negative reaction to the Chaos Gates.  It's an effect we 
haven't seen in anyone else, and could prove inconvenient in the future." 

Riff-Raff turned to Wailin' Van Halen.  "What do you feel when you step into the Chaos 
Gate?" 

The immortal warrior seemed confused by the question.  "Nothing."  He shook his hair 
out of his eyes.  "It's like stepping through a doorway.  Sometimes I hear a little 
b&pop' of air, but that's it." 

Riff-Raff looked at White Lion, who had stood up and was now pacing around the room, 
Lil Red his shadow as he moved from corner to corner.  He shrugged, "it actually kind 
of tickles." 

"Listen to me!" Queen Artemis drew up to her full height, her shadow magnified three 
fold up on the wall behind her in the dying flames of the dragon fire.  "Until Nemesis 
and Channel Master return from shadow, I think it's best if we all avoided these Chaos 
Gates.  If they can find the Tome of Knowledge that explains the true nature of these 
gates, we may know enough to manipulate them, perhaps even close them.  If they can't 
find the tome," she paused, not wanting to speak the possibility that they may not 
return, "we may never prevail."

                                          -- Riff-Raff Crew

                                      SPY REPORT

Welcome back to Telorinthe!  I am so glad that you have joined us today!  Every day is 
a great day to be in Telorinthe, but the best days are fight days!  They only occur 
every 28 days, but oh boy, how swell is it to sit and watch all of that gladiator 
action out on the sands?!?  Let's jump right into this turn's action, so you don't 
miss anything!

Red Death is living up to her name!  Our Duelmaster faced Hamanu once again on the 
sands.  This is a rematch from the last cycle because Hamanu was the only Challenger 
Champion coming into this turn.  Sadly, it did not end well for Hamanu, who died at 
the hands of Red Death. If you check out dead listings, you will note that Red Death 
has killed 2 warriors in the last 3 turns!  I think this should serve as a warning to 
the rest of the arena!  Fight the current Duelmaster at your own risk!  Congrats to 
Red Death, who is managed by Dragon Master.  Condolences to Darque for his loss.

Riff-Raff had a great turn going 5-0!  It was enough to propel him into the top 3 and 
give him the largest gain for turn 164.   The Ferocious Five remain the top team at 
10-5-0, but they are just barely ahead of Kame House, who continues to get stronger 
each turn. Sorcerer Kings, despite losing a warrior, remain in 4th place, while 
Queen's Guard moves up 1 spot to round out the top 5.  It looks as if NFL Network's 1-
3 contributed to them having the largest drop for the turn, moving down 4 spots. 

The most avoided team in Seam is The Ferocious Five!  They were mostly avoided by 
Queen's Guard.  The most challenged warrior for the turn is Ice Man of Scorpio Likes.  
Sir Cumbstance got the call to face Ice Man, but it wasn't much of a fight since Ice 
Man lost in a 1-minute bout.  I do notice there were not a lot of challenges this 
turn?  What gives?  You need to stay active and challenge and avoid EVERY turn be to 
be successful in the arena.

Time to go, but I want to thank each one of you for coming AND I am inviting you back 
next turn too!  28 more days and we will have sweet, sweet gladiator music ringing in 
our ears.  Well, some ears will be ringing as the warriors try to kill one another.  
Hey, it isn't gross it is the circle of gladiator life or something.  I think I heard 
a song about it once.  Oh well, I want to see you next turn!  We should be getting 
close to our first graduating class from the new teams that joined seem about a year 
and a half ago when I started working here! Yay!  So exciting!

                                          -- Ori Starbloom

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED DEATH 547                13   5  2   150       THE DRAGONS (65)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PUKEI 557                    12   5  0    90       KAME HOUSE (61)
 HARLEY 564                   10   6  0    88       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 KING CHAPPA 527              11   7  1    79       KAME HOUSE (61)
 J.J. WATT 535                13   6  0    76       NFL NETWORK (63)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NIGHTMARE 545                10   8  1    66       THE DRAGONS (65)
 SIR ROUND 590                 6   2  0    66       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 GARFIELD 529                 13   6  0    65       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 BORYS 554                    10   8  1    65       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 MASTER ROSHI 524             11   7  0    62       KAME HOUSE (61)
 KING KILLER 543               9   9  1    62       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 BURGER KING 559              12   5  0    58       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MANIAC MAULER 542            11   8  1    56       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 SIX FLAGS 469                 8  14  0    49       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 CHOCO 530                    11   8  0    47       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 GUILFORD 558                  8   9  2    47       KAME HOUSE (61)
 VICIOUS VENOM 540            11   7  1    46       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 WYAN 553                     11   7  2    45       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 PUAR 526                      9   9  0    44       KAME HOUSE (61)
 SIR CUMBSTANCE 592            5   3  0    43       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 ICE MAN 468                   9  13  1    41       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 REESE'S PB 438                7  20  0    41       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GREG OLSEN 581                7   5  1    38       NFL NETWORK (63)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WINDSHEAR 580                 7   5  0    31       THE DRAGONS (65)
 LALALI-PUY 588                5   6  1    31       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 SKY 544                       6  12  0    30       THE DRAGONS (65)
 MANGO CHUTNEY 579             6   6  0    29       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 MIDNIGHT 573                  6   8  0    26       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 HOT YOGA 602                  2   0  0    25       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SIR MUNN 609                  3   1  0    20       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 CHARMING KITTEN 601           2   0  0    19       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 TACO CAT 606                  3   4  1    18       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 SIR CULE 591                  4   4  0    17       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 PHYSICALITY 599               1   1  0    15       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 RAGE QUIT 598                 1   1  0    15       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 MOOSE HEAD 596                2   8  0    14       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 FRENEMY 600                   2   0  0    14       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 ANTONIO BROWN 612             3   2  0    12       NFL NETWORK (63)
 SIR CUMBVENT 593              2   6  0    12       QUEEN'S GUARD (68)
 ERIK DICKERSON 615            2   2  0     8       NFL NETWORK (63)
 ANDROPINIS 616                1   2  0     5       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 ANAEL BLACKFEATHER 608        0   1  0     1       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CAM NEWTON 534         13  4 0 NFL NETWORK 63       RED DEATH 547         162   
HAMANU 556             10  8 0 SORCERER KINGS 66    RED DEATH 547         164   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SIR ROUND devastated CHOCO in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SIR CULE was vanquished by PUAR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
SIR CUMBSTANCE subdued ICE MAN in a 1 minute gruesome Challenge fight.
SIR CUMBVENT was devastated by MANGO CHUTNEY in a 1 minute Challenge contest.
CHARMING KITTEN defeated ANTONIO BROWN in a 4 minute amateur's Challenge match.
RAGE QUIT vanquished ANDROPINIS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
RED DEATH luckily killed HAMANU in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Title brawl.
MASTER ROSHI was overpowered by HARLEY in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BORYS was viciously subdued by KING CHAPPA in a action packed 2 minute gory duel.
PUKEI viciously subdued KING KILLER in a 2 minute gory duel.
J.J. WATT outlasted BURGER KING in a dull 23 minute match.
GARFIELD luckily beat SIX FLAGS in a exciting 4 minute brutal fight.
GREG OLSEN was bested by MANIAC MAULER in a 1 minute conflict.
REESE'S PB was viciously subdued by VICIOUS VENOM in a 3 minute brutal battle.
SKY was devastated by GUILFORD in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
NIGHTMARE handily defeated WYAN in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven fight.
MIDNIGHT lost to LALALI-PUY in a 1 minute fray.
WINDSHEAR overpowered ERIK DICKERSON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched brawl.
MOOSE HEAD was narrowly defeated by PHYSICALITY in a exciting 3 minute brutal match.
TACO CAT was beaten by HOT YOGA in a crowd pleasing 3 minute fight.
FRENEMY viciously subdued ANAEL BLACKFEATHER in a 1 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                   9         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       8         TOTAL PARRY       32 -  18 -  1      64  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         STRIKING ATTACK   42 -  28 -  4      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      5         AIMED BLOW        46 -  38 -  2      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  5         LUNGING ATTACK    36 -  33 -  0      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   9 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         SLASHING ATTACK   20 -  30 -  1      40  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         WALL OF STEEL      8 -  14 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  27 -  2      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   9 -  0      18  |

Turn 164 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:

PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  6         3  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         6 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         3  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  2     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  5         2  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  2     
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       RED DEATH 547              13   5  2  150 THE DRAGONS (65)
STRIKING ATTACK  HARLEY 564                 10   6  0   88 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
LUNGING ATTACK   KING CHAPPA 527            11   7  1   79 KAME HOUSE (61)
TOTAL PARRY      J.J. WATT 535              13   6  0   76 NFL NETWORK (63)
SLASHING ATTACK  CHOCO 530                  11   8  0   47 HOUSE OF FUR (62)
WALL OF STEEL    VICIOUS VENOM 540          11   7  1   46 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is KING CHAPPA 527.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SIX FLAGS 469.  The ten other most popular fighters were TACO CAT 606, ANTONIO 
BROWN 612, KING CHAPPA 527, GARFIELD 529, PHYSICALITY 599, PUKEI 557, VICIOUS VENOM 
540, WINDSHEAR 580, PUAR 526, and SIR CUMBSTANCE 592.

The least popular fighter this week was BURGER KING 559.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were J.J. WATT 535, ANAEL BLACKFEATHER 608, MIDNIGHT 573, GREG OLSEN 581, 
MASTER ROSHI 524, ANDROPINIS 616, SIR CUMBVENT 593, ICE MAN 468, SIR CULE 591, and 
CHOCO 530.

                        WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN SUNNY ARIZONA!

Our next winter FTF will be held in Tempe, Arizona, January 17-19, 2020.  It will be 
held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room rates 
are $179.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free airport shuttle, free parking and free high 
speed internet.  There's a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--
the code is "DFF."  

       The official block cutoff is December 20 so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/RSIFTF64 
       This is prime season for Phoenix and the hotel tends to fill up quickly.  

The tournament info sheet is out and minioverviews are printing.  We hope you're all 
looking forward to it and that we will see you there!