DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/06/2021    Duedate: 05/19/2021

BLACKSTONE ARENA

DM 84    TURN 336

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SOUND SHOWGIRL
APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)
(84-44100) [18-17-0,127]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SOUND SHOWGIRL                 WORKABLE THERMALS
APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)       DUDES 11 (8599)
(84-44100) [18-17-0,127]       (84-50059) [6-1-0,80]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SOUND SHOWGIRL                 SOUND SHOWGIRL
APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)       APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)
(84-44100) [18-17-0,127]       (84-44100) [18-17-0,127]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

POSITION IS EMPTY

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. KHOR'S ELITE (7269)           46 
2. KHOR'S INFERNO (9306)         21    4-LETTER VOMIT (2567)
3. KHOR'S GUARDIANS (7270)       20    Unchartered Team
4. DARKHEART DUNGEON (8714)      17 
5. CHI 2014 AA (8323)            15    KHOR'S ELITE (7269)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*KHOR'S ELITE (7269)        2   0  2 100.   1/ 1 CHI 2014 AA (8323)        3  0 0
 2/ 4*GENERATOR X-1 (6190)       2   0  1 100.   2/ 2 APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)  3  0 0
 3- 1*PHILANTHROPISTS 88 (3323)  2   0  0 100.   3/10 115TH DREAM (5771)        3  0 0
 4/ 0*KHOR'S GUARDIANS (7270)    1   0  0 100.   4/ 3 4-LETTER VOMIT (2567)     3  0 0
 5/ 0*DUDES 11 (8599)            8   1  0 88.9   5/ 4 ROOKIE METALLICA 8 (3280) 3  4 0
 6/ 5 4-LETTER VOMIT (2567)     20   3  0 87.0   6/ 0*KHOR'S ELITE (7269)       2  0 2
 7/ 6 CHI 2014 AA (8323)        22   6  0 78.6   7/21*GENERATOR X-1 (6190)      2  0 1
 8/ 0 ROOKIE CRUE 6 (4195)      10   3  0 76.9   8/ 9 MEDAL OF HONOR HT (6024)  2  1 0
 9-10 ERROR J (4169)            10   5  0 66.7   9/11 011312R (4936)            2  1 0
10/ 0*KHOR'S INFERNO (9306)      2   1  0 66.7  10/12 ROOKIE METALLICA 6 (3278) 2  1 0
11-13 ANIME LEGENDS 7 (6356)     9   5  0 64.3  11/13 MEDAL OF HONOR Y3 (2005)  2  1 0
12/ 9 MEDAL OF HONOR Y3 (2005)   7   4  0 63.6  12/14 MEDAL OF HONOR T11 (1141) 2  1 0
13/16 011312R (4936)            10   6  0 62.5  13/15 MEDAL OF HONOR L5 (739)   2  1 0
14/11 ROOKIE METALLICA 1 (3273) 10   6  0 62.5  14/35 ROOKIE QUEEN 11 (677)     2  3 0
15-15 PHILANTHROPISTS 10 (5199) 11   7  0 61.1  15/ 0 UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      1  0 0
16/12 ROOKIE METALLICA 6 (3278) 11   7  0 61.1  16/ 0*KHOR'S INFERNO (9306)     1  0 0
17/14 BROKEN SWORDS (9244)       7   5  0 58.3  17/ 0*DUDES 11 (8599)           1  0 0
18-19*MEDAL OF HONOR J5 (719)    4   3  0 57.1  18/ 0*KHOR'S GUARDIANS (7270)   1  0 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/20 115TH DREAM (5771)        21  16  0 56.8  19- 6 PHILANTHROPISTS 10 (5199) 1  0 0
20-21*ROOKIE QUEEN 35 (701)      5   4  0 55.6  20- 7 ERROR J (4169)            1  0 0
21/17 MEDAL OF HONOR T11 (1141) 16  13  0 55.2  21-23*PHILANTHROPISTS 88 (3323) 1  0 0
22-23 PHILANTHROPISTS43 (1649)  13  11  1 54.2  22-33*ROOKIE QUEEN 35 (701)     1  1 0
23/25 MEDAL OF HONOR HT (6024)  14  13  0 51.9  23-16*MEDAL OF HONOR J5 (719)   1  1 0
24/24 ROOKIE METALLICA 8 (3280) 15  14  1 51.7  24/ 8 NAMED BY TDO (7044)       1  2 0
25-29 ERRFIVE (8235)            27  30  1 47.4  25/28 MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249) 1  2 0
26/33 APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)  18  21  0 46.2  26/29 ROOKIE METALLICA 1 (3273) 1  2 0
27/31 NAMED BY TDO (7044)       11  14  0 44.0  27/30 071709AA (1789)           1  2 0
28/32 071709AA (1789)           13  17  0 43.3  28/32 WARRIORS 11 (412)         1  2 0
29/35 ROOKIE QUEEN 11 (677)     14  20  0 41.2  29/36 DARKHEART DUNGEON (8714)  1  5 0
30/36 MEDAL OF HONOR L5 (739)   19  28  0 40.4  30/31 MEDAL OF HONRO T4 (1134)  0  3 0
31/39 DARKHEART DUNGEON (8714)  21  37  1 36.2  31/34 ROOKIE QUEEN 38 (704)     0  3 0
32/ 0 UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      58 104  5 35.8  32/25 BROKEN SWORDS (9244)      0  2 0
33/37 ROOKIE QUEEN 38 (704)      9  17  0 34.6  33-37 ANIME LEGENDS 7 (6356)    0  2 0
34/40 MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249)  3  10  0 23.1  34-39 ERRFIVE (8235)            0  1 0
35/42 WARRIORS 11 (412)          7  29  1 19.4  35/ 0 ROOKIE CRUE 6 (4195)      0  1 0
36/43 MEDAL OF HONRO T4 (1134)   2  14  0 12.5  36-26 PHILANTHROPISTS43 (1649)  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

     Thankyouthankyou.  It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in 
BLACKSTONE.  Hope you enjoy the show.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I already got paid!  
Rising in the ranks like a loaf of armored bread (okay, I admit it's corny) is 
GENERATOR X-1, who swept up 14 places in the ranks.  Take a look at ROOKIE QUEEN 11's 
act, as they have a 1-0-0 week and gain 21 places in the team ranking.  Suffering 
under a 0-1-0 record and dropping from 8th to 24th place were the NAMED BY TDO.  Keep 
trying!  Hey everybody, watch out for KHRAVEN, who flew up 30 points in the rankings 
after mashing EMBEZZLING SCRIBE like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  And 
falling like a basher in the top ten was SSG 20, who dropped 21 points after a 
disappointing (to say the least) bout with LOLAHNI.  Well, everybody's pal JAGGED 
SANDMAN moved hers record to 22-6-0 by defeating DON'T GO AWAU MAD in the 
Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 15 recognition points.  Can you believe they are 
paying me 10 gold to deliver this stuff?   
     But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!  
And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't avoid ROOKIE QUEEN 38, please raise you 
hand.  Wow.  Does BLACKSTONE really have that many liars?  Okay, so I may not be 
funny, but catch 011312R's act in the arena.  Those acrobats seem to be fairly deft 
at running from ROOKIE QUEEN 38.  Well just about everybody wants a piece of ATTACK, 
who was this week's most challenged warrior.  Was it guts or an overtaxed mental 
capacity that had KAAN challenge up 26 points in the rankings to take on YUKIO 
OKUTSU?  Some advice to KAAN.  Please don't challenge up 26 points to fight a 19-28-0 
fighter like, say YUKIO OKUTSU.  (Okay, so it may be a little late).  In a touching 
display by a 'touched' warrior, MUSHY FANTASY went after ONE VISION, who was higher 
by 20 points.  Well, when the dust settled, MUSHY FANTASY was bested by ONE VISION.   
     Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day 
drinking to their memory.  Better tanked than dead!  Well, the arena is no place for 
slow learners (and hopefully T.P.s) and COKE JUNKIE demonstrated that very violently 
on CLARENCE CRAFT's body.  Remember:  alliances are great, but try and take your ally 
in the arena with you and see what happens.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in BLACKSTONE have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  Okay, so I may not be the 
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors.  Hasta la 
bye-bye.  (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOUND SHOWGIRL 44100         18  17  0 127         APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)  

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ENTER SANDMAN 18503          15  10  1 116         ROOKIE METALLICA 8 (3280) 

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PUKE 14599                   13   3  0 115         4-LETTER VOMIT (2567)     
 ONE VISION 3484              14  18  0 108         ROOKIE QUEEN 11 (677)     
 YUKIO OKUTSU 3795            19  28  0 105         MEDAL OF HONOR L5 (739)   
-SKOACH 30600                 11   6  0 105         PHILANTHROPISTS 104 (5199)
 FORCED SUBTEXT 27798         10   6  0 102         011312R (4936)            
 PFC 25 34355                 14  10  0  99         MEDAL OF HONOR HT (6024)  
 DON'T GO AWAU MAD 23684      10   3  0  94         ROOKIE CRUE 6 (4195)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MINION 50725                 11  20  1  90         DARKHEART DUNGEON (8714)  
 ATTACK 18494                 11   7  0  89         ROOKIE METALLICA 6 (3278) 
 CRAPPY SATIRE 2089            7  29  1  89         WARRIORS 11 (412)         
-RAGE HARMONY 17734           10   7  0  87         PHILANTHROPISTS43 (1649)  
 SORE 40384                   11  14  0  83         NAMED BY TDO (7044)       
 WORKABLE THERMALS 50059       6   1  0  80         DUDES 11 (8599)           
 MUSHY FANTASY 9856           13  17  0  78         071709AA (1789)           
 ERNEST DERVISHIAN 11065       7   4  0  75         MEDAL OF HONOR Y3 (2005)  
 KAAN 53694                    7   5  0  70         BROKEN SWORDS (9244)      
-JOKER 32175                  10   5  0  67         ERROR J (4169)            

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 COBWEBS 50724                10  17  0  66         DARKHEART DUNGEON (8714)  
-HARRY MCDOWELL 36396          9   5  0  64         ANIME LEGENDS 7 (6356)    
 STEALIN' 3619                 9  17  0  62         ROOKIE QUEEN 38 (704)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JUSTICE FOR ALL 18470         8   6  0  56         ROOKIE METALLICA 1 (3273) 
 DOVER 57687                   5   4  1  55         UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      
-RAYMOND ZUSSMAN 3696          4   3  0  55         MEDAL OF HONOR J5 (719)   
 LOLAHNI 54006                 2   1  0  53         KHOR'S INFERNO (9306)     
 NOT SHORT 57478               8   1  0  52         115TH DREAM (5771)        
-KILLER QUEEN 51878            5   4  0  41         ROOKIE QUEEN 35 (701)     
 SFC12 23960                   3   6  0  38         MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249) 

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SSG 20 36741                  4   5  0  33         MEDAL OF HONOR T11 (1141) 
 COKE JUNKIE 35406             2   0  1  33         GENERATOR X-1 (6190)      
 KHRAVEN 41861                 1   0  1  30         KHOR'S ELITE (7269)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCORBINK 18718                2   0  0  20         PHILANTHROPISTS 88 (3323) 
 KHANG 41869                   1   0  0  20         KHOR'S GUARDIANS (7270)   
 GET ON UP!! 56895             1   0  1  16         KHOR'S ELITE (7269)       

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
EMBEZZLING SCRIB        0  0 0                      KHRAVEN 41861         336  NONE
PERSISTANT BEGGA        0  0 0                      GET ON UP!! 56895     336  NONE
HOBO SAILOR 33580       5  5 0 115TH DREAM 5771     CRAPPY SATIRE 2089    332  NOT REVENGED
CLARENCE CRAFT 6013     2 14 0 MEDAL OF HONRO  1134 COKE JUNKIE 35406     336   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FORCED SUBTEXT slimly won victory over ATTACK in a 15 minute master's Challenge fight.
KAAN was handily defeated by YUKIO OKUTSU in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
MINION was devastated by PUKE in a popular 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
MUSHY FANTASY was demolished by ONE VISION in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
COKE JUNKIE viciously butchered CLARENCE CRAFT in a 2 minute bloody Challenge match.
JAGGED SANDMAN handily defeated DON'T GO AWAU MAD in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SOUND SHOWGIRL vanquished SORE in a action packed 2 minute gory uneven Title duel.
ENTER SANDMAN vanquished ERNEST DERVISHIAN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
CRAPPY SATIRE was overpowered by PFC 25 in a popular 1 minute gory uneven match.
WORKABLE THERMALS demolished STEALIN' in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
JUSTICE FOR ALL slimly lost to COBWEBS in a crowd pleasing 2 minute veteran's battle.
DOVER overcame SFC12 in a 3 minute conflict.
SSG 20 was overpowered by LOLAHNI in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
NOT SHORT bested DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 3 minute duel.
GET ON UP!! easily killed PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
KHRAVEN butchered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
KHANG overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       9         STRIKING ATTACK   43 -  15 -  2      74  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  6         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-LUNGE       13 -   9 -  0      59  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         TOTAL PARRY       24 -  20 -  0      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    41 -  36 -  1      53  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         AIMED BLOW        45 -  52 -  3      46  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK    5 -   6 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         WALL OF STEEL     15 -  25 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   3 -  0      25  |

Turn 336 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-LUNGE        2 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  3         3  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    6 -  0     AIMED BLOW         3 -  6         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-LUNGE      SOUND SHOWGIRL -21436      18  17  0  127 APRIL MAIL-IN 14S (7659)
AIMED BLOW       ENTER SANDMAN 18503        15  10  1  116 ROOKIE METALLICA 8 (3280)
STRIKING ATTACK  PUKE 14599                 13   3  0  115 4-LETTER VOMIT (2567)
TOTAL PARRY      FORCED SUBTEXT 27798       10   6  0  102 011312R (4936)
WALL OF STEEL    DON'T GO AWAU MAD 23684    10   3  0   94 ROOKIE CRUE 6 (4195)
BASHING ATTACK   KAAN -11842                 7   5  0   70 BROKEN SWORDS (9244)
LUNGING ATTACK   JUSTICE FOR ALL 18470       8   6  0   56 ROOKIE METALLICA 1 (3273)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SOUND SHOWGIRL -21436.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was SOUND SHOWGIRL -21436.  The ten other most popular fighters were 
COBWEBS -14812, ONE VISION 3484, SFC12 23960, PUKE 14599, COKE JUNKIE -30130, PFC 25 
-31181, YUKIO OKUTSU 3795, CLARENCE CRAFT 6013, WORKABLE THERMALS -15477, and DOVER 
-7849.

The least popular fighter this week was FORCED SUBTEXT 27798.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ATTACK 18494, NOT SHORT -8058, SSG 20 -28795, ERNEST DERVISHIAN 
11065, DON'T GO AWAU MAD 23684, GET ON UP!! -8641, STEALIN' 3619, CRAPPY SATIRE 2089, 
MINION -14811, and KAAN -11842.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

JAGGED SANDMAN (84--17435) CHI 2014 AA

                             * * * * *   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.