DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/01/2022    Duedate: 02/28/2022

TELORINTHE ARENA

DM-83    TURN-191

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TOSHI ARITO
KAME HOUSE (61)
(83-697) [14-2-0,159]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TOSHI ARITO                    FLASH
KAME HOUSE (61)                RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
(83-697) [14-2-0,159]          (83-745) [4-4-0,33]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

SIX FLAGS                      SIMBA
SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)          HOUSE OF FUR (62)
(83-469) [19-30-0,92]          (83-734) [4-7-2,33]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE DRAGONS (65)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SORCERER KINGS (66)         36
2. KAME HOUSE (61)             25      THE DRAGONS (65)
3. SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)       25      Unchartered Team
4. RHYMES WITH ASH (80)        22
5. HILLWOOD ISLES (78)         15      THAT 80'S TEAM (79)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 THE DRAGONS (65)         124  77  6 61.7   1/ 1 THE DRAGONS (65)         12  2 0
 2/ 2 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)  131  95  5 58.0   2/ 2 KAME HOUSE (61)           9  4 0
 3/ 4 KAME HOUSE (61)          122  92  8 57.0   3/ 7 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     9  6 1
 4/ 0*THAT 80'S TEAM (79)       20  16  0 55.6   4/11 SORCERER KINGS (66)       8  7 0
 5/ 3 IRONSKULL ORCS (71)       61  49  2 55.5   5/10*RHYMES WITH ASH (80)      7  8 0
 6/ 6 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       75  66  2 53.2   6/ 6 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)          7  8 0
 7/ 8*RHYMES WITH ASH (80)      20  18  0 52.6   7/ 4 HOUSE OF FUR (62)         6  7 1
 8/ 7 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)   86  79  3 52.1   8/ 8 NFL NETWORK (63)          6  8 0
 9/ 9 HOUSE OF FUR (62)        114 110  6 50.9   9/ 9 THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)   6  8 0
10/10 NFL NETWORK (63)         111 111  7 50.0  10/ 5 RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)       6  9 1
11/11 SORCERER KINGS (66)      111 114 10 49.3  11/ 3 IRONSKULL ORCS (71)       6  9 0
12/13 MEAL TEAM 6 (81)          27  47  3 36.5  12/13 CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)   5  5 0
13/14 SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)     84 184  6 31.3  13/12 HILLWOOD ISLES (78)       4 11 0
14/15 HILLWOOD ISLES (78)       15  40  0 27.3  14/ 0*THAT 80'S TEAM (79)       0  1 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

"Flight to Fight"

What does she want from me?! Joymend looked from Sageherd out across the dark water to 
the biggest isle in Hillwood. He wiggled his toes in the wet sand and shook his head 
absently away from the Great Fire glowing in the mist around the hilltop in the 
distance.

She's right though; he's aged alright, but what kind of a sage beats his own children 
and pits them against each other on the sand?! It wasn't right. Sageherd had always 
been a clever girl, and now she was a wise lady.

No, he had gone to his last Great Fire. He sucked his teeth and grimaced as he turned 
to her, and she handed him his old shield. They locked eyes for a moment, and then 
turned toward their own fire they had built for themselves there on the empty beach 
under the new moon. He laid his shield to rest in the fire and the sparks flew up as 
the flames grew around the worn wood. No more. It had disgusted him, but he had kept 
on. Back onto the sand for another mess. They'd exchanged vows though; she'd promised 
to change, too.

They would be hunted. Sageherd had arranged safe haven with The Green and his lady, 
friends of hers from Telorinthe. They made ready, and then left the sand, the fire, 
his shield's embers, the cult of the Aged Sage, and the whole mess.

                                      SPY REPORT

I'm reading a compelling story about a dystopian future where magic no longer exists.  
People are forced to survive against the harshness of nature and unscrupulous people 
without the benefit of magic.  People begin to develop devices that replace magic, but 
it is all a bit frightening.  It might be more of a horror story, I can't imagine life 
without magic!  Oh well, enough about my extracurricular activities, you came here to 
read about all of Telorinthe's game day happenings! Take heart, magic is alive and 
well in Alastari, as are these wonderful gladiatorial games!

Toshi is on the throne once again.  It feels a bit repetitive to keep going over this 
portion of the daily fights.  Toshi fights Borys, Borys loses to Toshi, and then we do 
it all again next turn.  At least, that has been the last 3 turns for us in 
Telorinthe.  To shake things up a bit, Toshi did not fight Borys today.  I repeat!  
Toshi did not face Borys today in the title match.  Instead, Toshi fought another 
Total Parry.  Burger King is a former style master in Telorinthe, so certainly 
deserving of a shot at the throne. Unfortunately, Toshi has built his success upon 
dismantling Total Parrys in our arena.  We once again congratulate Toshi Arito on 
securing the throne of Telorinthe!  I take this time to make sure Floyd knows he needs 
to write a DM column if he is going to hold the throne for an extended period of time.  
I ask Nemesis and Dragon Master to "urge" him to write something for us next turn!  
Thanks, ladies!

The most avoided team today is Kame House.  They were mostly avoided by the Ironskull 
Orcs guild.  Charming Kitten gets the honor of being the most challenged warrior for 
turn 191.  Wormspine looked down and saw this cute, cuddly, charming cat and thought, 
let's try to kill it!  Wormspine beat Charming Kitten in a 4-minute bout.  No 
graduations this turn, so we will keep waiting for those invitations to arrive for our 
warriors of Telorinthe.

The tops ranks stayed the same this week with Kame House and The Dragons keeping the 
top 2 spots for another cycle.  It is the other 3 rankings that appear to be in 
constant flux!  Scorpio's team shot up 4 places to capture 3rd, while Sorcerer Kings 
moved 7 for 4th.  Rhymes with Ash also made a significant climb from 10th to 5th.

Time for me to sign off.  Come back in 28 days to find out if Toshi can keep the 
throne once again.  I have started putting all the data together for a Telorinthe Hall 
of Fame, like those in Seam and Shadowspire, and it is looking good for Toshi to join 
those exalted ranks.  Also, apologies to Boss Orc for last turns naming faux pas.  I 
read lots of reports and I obviously mixed up your Seam Orcs with your Telorinthe 
Orcs.  Don't even get me started on the other ones that spell it as O-R-K-S!  See you 
next cycle!

                                             -- Ori Starbloom

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOSHI ARITO 697              14   2  0   159       KAME HOUSE (61)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BIBIDEE 623                  17   7  2   115       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 TOKUGAWA 701                 11   4  0   105       KAME HOUSE (61)
 DEATH BRINGER 618            19   8  1   101       THE DRAGONS (65)
 BORYS 554                    27  18  1   100       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 BLOODAXE 637                 16   6  0    98       IRONSKULL ORCS (71)
 BURGER KING 559              26  18  0    96       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 MANGO CHUTNEY 579            24  15  1    95       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512          16  17  3    94       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 SIX FLAGS 469                19  30  0    92       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ICE MAN 468                  19  30  2    90       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 STABBMOOR 636                10  12  0    90       IRONSKULL ORCS (71)
 HEAT WAVE 515                17  16  0    88       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 REESE'S PB 438               13  41  1    81       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 WORMSPINE 640                14   8  0    76       IRONSKULL ORCS (71)
 HALFTIME SHOW 632            12  10  1    75       NFL NETWORK (63)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PHYSICALITY 599              15  14  1    65       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 WINDSHEAR 781                 6   1  1    65       THE DRAGONS (65)
 ONE KURATO 741                6   5  1    65       KAME HOUSE (61)
 RIDE OR DIE 635              15   7  0    62       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 CHARMING KITTEN 601          15  14  0    59       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EMBER 634                    16   6  0    56       THE DRAGONS (65)
 ZOMBIE GALILEO 717            7   3  0    53       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 BIG BIRD 780                  6   1  0    51       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 STOPPA SQUEAL 764            10   4  0    50       MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
 SAGEHERD 729                  5   6  0    50       HILLWOOD ISLES (78)
 BLOOD LUST 784                5   1  1    49       THE DRAGONS (65)
 BONEBREAKER 639              11  11  1    45       IRONSKULL ORCS (71)
 HEAT STROKE 578              11  10  0    43       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 SKARFACE 652                  9  12  1    40       IRONSKULL ORCS (71)
 BLINKY ME EYEPOKE 763         6   7  2    38       MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
 D&D 3.5 721                   6   6  1    37       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 PERIL 775                     6   2  0    37       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 TACO SUPREME 687              6  11  0    34       SCORPIO'S LIKES: (57)
 SACHA 772                     5   3  1    34       SORCERER KINGS (66)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SWATCH 737                    5   2  0    33       THAT 80'S TEAM (79)
 SIMBA 734                     4   7  2    33       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 FLASH 745                     4   4  0    33       RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
 TYRANN MATHIEU 783            4   2  0    31       NFL NETWORK (63)
 GASH 747                      6   2  0    30       RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
-B.A. BARRACKUS 740            4   3  0    30       THAT 80'S TEAM (79)
 DOOMSCROLL 749                3   7  0    29       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SMASH 748                     5   3  0    28       RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
 OBA 720                       7   5  1    27       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 NOTHINGBURGER 700             5  10  0    27       RIFF-RAFF CREW (69)
 TIMON 735                     7   4  0    25       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
-BELOREAN 736                  5   2  0    25       THAT 80'S TEAM (79)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOOGER DINK 757               5   3  0    20       MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
-GALAGA 738                    4   3  0    20       THAT 80'S TEAM (79)
 TACO SMELL 759                4   7  0    19       MEAL TEAM 6 (81)
 HOPEGROW 728                  3   8  0    17       HILLWOOD ISLES (78)
 GAMEBRING 730                 3   8  0    17       HILLWOOD ISLES (78)
 COW KING 790                  3   1  0    17       HOUSE OF FUR (62)
 RILEY MCCARRON 773            4   4  0    16       NFL NETWORK (63)
 FAITHKEEP 755                 3   6  0    15       HILLWOOD ISLES (78)
 ROBERT SALCH 796              2   1  0    15       NFL NETWORK (63)
 ONE PIECE 787                 3   2  0    13       THE FEROCIOUS FIVE (64)
 JOYMEND 732                   1  10  0    13       HILLWOOD ISLES (78)
 SASH 777                      2   4  0    10       RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
 DRAJ 797                      1   1  0    10       SORCERER KINGS (66)
 KLASH 789                     1   2  0     6       RHYMES WITH ASH (80)
 GUIDING LIGHT 794             1   1  0     4       CONJURE UP THE SUN (60)
 POOPIE 791                    0   3  0     3       MEAL TEAM 6 (81)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
HELHOUND 708            5  6 1 HOUSE OF FUR 62      PHYSICALITY 599       189   
DESMOND HOWARD 782      1  2 0 NFL NETWORK 63       DUPRE 328             188   
STASH 746               2  2 0 RHYMES WITH ASH 80   SYNAPSE 786           187  REVENGED
UR DRAXA 778            2  2 0 SORCERER KINGS 66    MARIAH 327            188   
REMMINGTON STEELE 739   2  6 0 THAT 80'S TEAM 79    D&D 3.5 721           191   
HUNGRY HIPPO 788        1  3 0 THE FEROCIOUS FIV 64 SIMBA 734             190   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Wormspine -- Strange.  After they announced our match-up, my manager left the arena 
with a disgusted look on his face.  I wonder why? -- Heat Stroke

Poopie -- Beans, beans, the magical fruit.  The more you eat, the more you toot.  The 
more you toot, the better you feel, then you're ready for another meal! -- Guiding 
Light

    We learned the last line like this:  "So let's eat beans every meal!" 

Death Bringer -- OMG...  I'm DED. -- VoF

Smash -- You don't need to tell me twice. -- Zombie Galileo

Guilford -- Not one of my smartest challenges, but I did get some nice skills for my 
beatdown. -- Stabbmoor

Physicality -- So House of Fur doesn't bloodfeud and I pay the price? Doesn't seem 
fair. -- Bonebreaker

Heat Stroke -- Oh look, my first parry skill. How quaint. -- Wormspine

One Kurato -- Ouch! -- Skarface

Ori Starbloom -- So I was glancing through the T-190 NL and saw mention of a team 
called Mirkwood Orcs, in your report. I searched and searched and could not find such 

a team. Has Telorinthe now become akin to a mystery theatre? LOL -- Boss Orc, manager 
of the Ironskull Orcs in Telorinthe
P.S. Always fun to poke a spy reporter

Toshi -- You need to teach me something if you are going to keep
challenging me. I'm pretty sure the only thing still holding me here
is a lack of learning. -- Borys

Mango Chutney -- Look, I'm just as surprised as you that I keep
winning. -- Bibidee

Stoppa Squel -- Where's my toy? -- Sacha

Sash -- I'm trying to decide whether a joke about guitarist Slash or
one about a Japanese sash, called an obi, is in order here.  I'll just
save them for later. -- Oba

Cow King -- That fight was an absolute drag. -- Draj

Tyrann Mathieu -- You must have paid Channel Master to persuade the Aged Sage to take 
away my offhand hatchet -- Hopegrow

Doomscroll -- How could I lose where only 1 of 8 had lost before? -- Joymend

Oops, a day late and a dollar short with the dad joke, I guess. (tough crowd) -- Aged 
Sage

Six Flags -- With fans like yours, who needs wins?! -- The Aged Sage

Kame House -- "Guilford"? Is that Japanese?? -- peasants of Telorinthe

Toshi Arito -- My Hero! -- Sageherd

Spar Bearer -- Where art thou, Romeo! -- Sageherd

Aye, and Toshi Arito might have broken the record for highest recognition points in
al of Alastari, if there hadn't been so many double-shielded dullards standing in his
path to the throne! -- The Aged Sage (and I do mean "standing")

Hungry Hippo -- Simba ate *you*!  Marbless! -- Joymend

Toshi Arito, Duelmaster of Telorinthe -- Hillwood Isles do here present tribute. 
(rollup to follow) -- The Aged Sage

Mother of Dragons! -- Those scaly monsters are hard to beat! -- overheard in the 
streets of Telorinthe

Ori -- You have a way with words! -- The Aged Sage

Doomscroll -- You have "force of character"! -- The Aged Sage

Channelmaster -- Only one weapon? I itried it, but felt naked! I'm ambidestrous! -- 
Hopegrow, double-threat

Flash -- You, too, shall pass... like gas! -- Faithkeep

D&D 3.5 -- Game on! -- Gamebring

Ember -- You're lucky I forgot my scum-smashing stick! -- Sageherd

The final turn of my self exile is at hand! -- Bashur

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BIBIDEE viciously subdued BLOODAXE in a 3 minute master's Challenge fight.
VAMPIRE ON FIRE was viciously subdued by DEATH BRINGER in a 6 minute Challenge match.
BORYS bested STABBMOOR in a exciting 4 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
HEAT WAVE devastated WINDSHEAR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl.
WORMSPINE overpowered CHARMING KITTEN in a 4 minute one-sided Challenge struggle.
BONEBREAKER was luckily beaten by STOPPA SQUEAL in a 3 minute Challenge melee.
ZOMBIE GALILEO won victory over BLINKY ME EYEPOKE in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
SAGEHERD vanquished HEAT STROKE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
OBA was narrowly defeated by TACO SUPREME in a 2 minute Challenge match.
HOPEGROW was overcome by DOOMSCROLL in a popular 1 minute Challenge bout.
FAITHKEEP was subdued by SMASH in a 3 minute bloody Challenge match.
BOOGER DINK slimly won victory over JOYMEND in a 3 minute brutal Challenge contest.
TACO SMELL was demolished by SACHA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
GAMEBRING was viciously subdued by TYRANN MATHIEU in a 2 minute Challenge conflict.
GUIDING LIGHT was outwaited by DRAJ in a 9 minute amateur's Challenge bout.
TOSHI ARITO vanquished BURGER KING in a crowd pleasing 4 minute one-sided Title fray.
TOKUGAWA devastated HALFTIME SHOW in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
REESE'S PB was demolished by MANGO CHUTNEY in a exciting 1 minute gory one-sided bout.
ICE MAN overcame ONE KURATO in a 2 minute mismatched competition.
SIX FLAGS overpowered PHYSICALITY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BIG BIRD was luckily beaten by RIDE OR DIE in a 3 minute gruesome bout.
BLOOD LUST won victory over SKARFACE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute fray.
EMBER luckily beat SIMBA in a popular 8 minute gory match.
RILEY MCCARRON was vanquished by FLASH in a 1 minute one-sided match.
PERIL slimly won victory over NOTHINGBURGER in a 2 minute gory fight.
D&D 3.5 murdered REMMINGTON STEELE in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
GASH viciously subdued COW KING in a 2 minute gory fray.
TIMON overcame SASH in a 3 minute bout.
ONE PIECE overcame POOPIE in a 4 minute novice's duel.
KLASH was defeated by ROBERT SALCH in a 3 minute beginner's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                     11         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|AIMED BLOW                      10         SLASHING ATTACK   64 -  49 -  3      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  8         LUNGING ATTACK    43 -  33 -  2      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         AIMED BLOW        55 -  44 -  2      56  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    6         TOTAL PARRY       72 -  59 -  0      55  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         STRIKING ATTACK   39 -  41 -  6      49  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -  14 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         BASHING ATTACK    46 -  61 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         WALL OF STEEL     29 -  43 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -  25 -  0      29  |

Turn 191 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:

SLASHING ATTACK    6 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      2 -  4         3  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        7 -  4     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  6         2  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         6 -  4     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  3         1  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       TOSHI ARITO 697            14   2  0  159 KAME HOUSE (61)
SLASHING ATTACK  BIBIDEE 623                17   7  2  115 SORCERER KINGS (66)
STRIKING ATTACK  TOKUGAWA 701               11   4  0  105 KAME HOUSE (61)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      DEATH BRINGER 618          19   8  1  101 THE DRAGONS (65)
WALL OF STEEL    BLOODAXE 637               16   6  0   98 IRONSKULL ORCS (71)
BASHING ATTACK   HALFTIME SHOW 632          12  10  1   75 NFL NETWORK (63)
LUNGING ATTACK   SACHA 772                   5   3  1   34 SORCERER KINGS (66)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SIX FLAGS 469.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was SIMBA 734.  The ten other most popular fighters were VAMPIRE ON FIRE 512, BIBIDEE 
623, DEATH BRINGER 618, STABBMOOR 636, TOSHI ARITO 697, WORMSPINE 640, BONEBREAKER 
639, SAGEHERD 729, TYRANN MATHIEU 783, and BIG BIRD 780.

The least popular fighter this week was GUIDING LIGHT 794.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FAITHKEEP 755, ONE PIECE 787, REMMINGTON STEELE 739, RILEY 
MCCARRON 773, PHYSICALITY 599, HALFTIME SHOW 632, GAMEBRING 730, TACO SMELL 759, 
CHARMING KITTEN 601, and WINDSHEAR 781.

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LXVI