DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/24/2022    Duedate: 03/09/2022

BLACKSTONE ARENA

DM 84    TURN 357

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

FORCED SUBTEXT
011312R (4936)
(84-27798) [25-12-0,150]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FORCED SUBTEXT                 MAKAROV DREYAR
011312R (4936)                 ANIME LEGENDS 8 (6357)
(84-27798) [25-12-0,150]       (84-36401) [3-2-0,126]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MY DYING BED                   SERGEANT 1
TIME OF DYIN' (5765)           MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198)
(84-32882) [12-20-1,145]       (84-29355) [7-5-2,101]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)      20 
2. BUBBA'S 50TH ARMY (3895)      20 MEDAL OF HONOR AAE (5191)
3. 011609F (1274)                20    Unchartered Team
4. CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)         16 
5. PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)      13    MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*THIRSTY THUGS (8005)       3   0  1 100.   1/ 1 MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 4  2 1
 2/ 2*MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)   3   0  0 100.   2/ 6 THIRSTY THUGS 1346 (6241) 3  0 0
 3/ 0*PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)   1   0  0 100.   3/ 7 011312R (4936)            3  0 0
 4/ 3*PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)   5   1  0 83.3   4/ 4*MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  3  0 0
 5/ 0*ROOKIE METALLICA 4 (3312)  3   1  0 75.0   5/ 8 MEDAL OF HONOR T11 (1141) 3  0 0
 6- 4 ALGOPHOBIACS (6250)       22   9  0 71.0   6/28*CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)     3  5 0
 7- 6 BUBBA'S 15TH ARMY (2917)   7   3  2 70.0   7/10*PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)  2  0 0
 8/ 5 MEDAL OF HONOR AAE (5191) 18   8  0 69.2   8/16*ANIME LEGENDS 8 (6357)    2  0 0
 9- 7 ROOKIE CRUE 2 (4191)       9   4  0 69.2   9/19 MEDAL OF HONOR AAC (3715) 2  0 0
10/11 060310AV (2566)           11   5  0 68.8  10/13 MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938) 2  0 0
11/ 9 011312R (4936)            25  12  0 67.6  11/ 5 ERRTWO (8232)             2  1 0
12/12 MEDAL OF HONOR AAC (3715) 31  16  0 66.0  12/20*BUBBA'S 50TH ARMY (3895)  2  1 0
13/ 8 MEDAL OF HONOR W1  (1656) 11   6  0 64.7  13/25 060310AV (2566)           2  1 0
14-13 THIRSTY THUGS 1418 (8221) 15   9  0 62.5  14/17 MEDAL OF HONOR AAE (5191) 2  2 0
15/14 MEDAL OF HONOR T11 (1141) 26  16  0 61.9  15/ 0*PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  1  0 0
16/23*ANIME LEGENDS 8 (6357)     3   2  0 60.0  16- 2*THIRSTY THUGS (8005)      1  0 0
17/ 0*PRIESTS OF SYRINX  (2815)  3   2  0 60.0  17- 3 ALGOPHOBIACS (6250)       1  0 0
18/17 THIRSTY THUGS 1346 (6241) 12   9  1 57.1  18/15 UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      1  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/22*BUBBA'S 50TH ARMY (3895)   4   3  0 57.1  19/24 TIME OF DYIN' (5765)      1  2 0
20/16 115TH DREAM (5771)        33  25  0 56.9  20/26 MEDAL OF HONOR W1  (1656) 1  2 0
21/19 ERRTWO (8232)             34  29  0 54.0  21/27 011609F (1274)            1  2 0
22/26 MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938) 14  14  1 50.0  22/23 115TH DREAM (5771)        0  3 0
23/21 MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 16  17  3 48.5  23/30 NIGHT STALKERS (3485)     0  3 0
24/27 011609F (1274)            14  21  0 40.0  24/29 071709 AC (1791)          0  3 0
25/24*ROOKIE CRUE 3 (4192)       2   3  0 40.0  25/18*ROOKIE CRUE 3 (4192)      0  2 0
26/33*CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)      5   8  0 38.5  26/22 ROOKIE QUEEN 6 (672)      0  2 0
27/28 071709 AC (1791)           8  14  0 36.4  27-32 THIRSTY THUGS 1418 (8221) 0  1 0
28/29 UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      64 117  5 35.4  28-21 ROOKIE CRUE 2 (4191)      0  1 0
29/31 TIME OF DYIN' (5765)      12  24  1 33.3  29/ 0*ROOKIE METALLICA 4 (3312) 0  1 0
30/30 NIGHT STALKERS (3485)      9  18  0 33.3  30/ 0*PRIESTS OF SYRINX  (2815) 0  1 0
31/32 ROOKIE QUEEN 6 (672)       4  10  0 28.6  31-33 BUBBA'S 15TH ARMY (2917)  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

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  Managers were muttering after CHOCOLATE RAIN 
showed BLACKSTONE what they could do:  2-1-0 to move up by 22.  Perhaps it is 
060310AV members' intannibility that enabled them to move from 25th to 13th last 
week...  (Less time in the sun...) Practice pays for CUBIT STIRRER, who pummelled NOT 
SHORT, to pocket 20 points.  A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and 
practice more, after losing 10 points to SERGEANT 1.  (Discrete enough, HIGH PRIEST 
33?) FORCED SUBTEXT found out being BLACKSTONE's Duelmaster isn't all nuts and 
berries, receiving 3 challenges!  SERGEANT 1 found out that BLACKSTONE isn't a 
democracy.  You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here!  So who's the team that's 
been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me. 
     And how sociable are BLACKSTONE's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Perhaps the 
warriors of ROOKIE QUEEN 6 should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided 
team...  The warriors of ROOKIE QUEEN 6 found their efforts at combat frustrated as 
NIGHT STALKERS apparently had more important things to do than fight.  LINEAR BUTTON 
found itself challenged by a warrior 24 below:  MODRIC.  MODRIC of BUBBA'S 50TH ARMY 
kept hers wits as she subdued LINEAR BUTTON.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Ask not a spymaster 
for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious 
stupor.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As the seasons change, and the creatures of the 
wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  Can anything compare 
to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for BLACKSTONE?  On that giddy note I take my 
leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FORCED SUBTEXT 27798         25  12  0 150         011312R (4936)            

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MY DYING BED 32882           12  20  1 145         TIME OF DYIN' (5765)      
 MAKAROV DREYAR 36401          3   2  0 126         ANIME LEGENDS 8 (6357)    
-RIMGARR 57625                12   2  0 117         ALGOPHOBIACS (6250)       
 CUBIT STIRRER 6748           14  20  0 107         011609F (1274)            
 SSG 20 36741                 14   8  0 107         MEDAL OF HONOR T11 (1141) 
 SERGEANT 1 29355              7   5  2 101         MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 
 MOORINHO 35661               12   9  1 100         THIRSTY THUGS 1346 (6241) 

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NOT SHORT 57478              20  10  0  90         115TH DREAM (5771)        
 BEAR 47627                   15  11  0  89         ERRTWO (8232)             
 DOVER 57687                  11  17  1  87         UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      
 ROBERT PAULSON 50 47341       2   0  0  82         PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)  
 SERGEANT 2 29359              9  12  1  72         MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 
 CHRIS CARR 9142              11   5  0  71         MEDAL OF HONOR W1 I (1656)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BAKLAVA AUTOPSY 14594        11   5  0  70         060310AV (2566)           
 SERGEANT 4 29322              9   4  0  68         MEDAL OF HONOR AAE (5191) 

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ECSTACY 46315                 3   0  1  66         THIRSTY THUGS (8005)      
 THE PHANTOM 19622             9  18  0  65         NIGHT STALKERS (3485)     
 LINEAR BUTTON 9867            7   8  0  65         071709 AC (1791)          
 MODRIC 21799                  4   3  0  60         BUBBA'S 50TH ARMY (3895)  
 SERGEANT 1 29320              9   4  0  58         MEDAL OF HONOR AAE (5191) 
 KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE 3458      4   8  0  57         ROOKIE QUEEN 6 (672)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CPL 20 27564                  3   0  0  49         MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  
 HOME SWEET HOME 23668         2   3  0  41         ROOKIE CRUE 3 (4192)      
 SERGEANT 3 10724              4   3  0  39         MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938) 
-LIVE WIRE 57783               3   1  0  39         ROOKIE CRUE 2 (4191)      
 THORN WITHIN 18667            3   1  0  36         ROOKIE METALLICA 40 (3312)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HIGH PRIEST 33 15944          3   2  0  27         PRIESTS OF SYRINX 1 (2815)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SEE THE LIE 57813             2   1  0  22         CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)     
 ROBERT PAULSON 158 52288      1   0  0  20         PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  
 GDP BODY 36716                1   3  0  18         CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)     
-SUPERMAN 16513                0   1  0   7         BUBBA'S 15TH ARMY (2917)  

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DAME 3251               0  0 0 LAME MOVIES 636      CHAOTIC EVIL 39018    349   
ROBERT PAULSON  47398   1  4 0 PROJECT MAYHEM  8187 ECSTACY 46315         354   
HOMEBOY CLONE 56609     8  4 0 THIRSTY THUGS 1 8221 SERGEANT 1 29355      355   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CUBIT STIRRER devastated NOT SHORT in a 3 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
DOVER was overcome by SSG 20 in a 2 minute gruesome veteran's Challenge match.
THE PHANTOM was outwaited by BAKLAVA AUTOPSY in a 16 minute Challenge contest.
MODRIC bested LINEAR BUTTON in a action packed 6 minute gory Challenge brawl.
FORCED SUBTEXT bested SERGEANT 1 in a crowd pleasing 5 minute master's Title match.
MAKAROV DREYAR handily defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute gruesome uneven melee.
MY DYING BED vanquished CHRIS CARR in a action packed 1 minute uneven fight.
MOORINHO defeated SERGEANT 2 in a 1 minute veteran's fight.
ROBERT PAULSON 50 handily defeated SERGEANT 1 in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
BEAR demolished KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SERGEANT 4 subdued HOME SWEET HOME in a 2 minute match.
HIGH PRIEST 33 was devastated by SERGEANT 1 in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
THORN WITHIN was outwaited by CPL 20 in a 12 minute fight.
SERGEANT 3 vanquished GDP BODY in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
THE PAIN vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
SEE THE LIE devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ROBERT PAULSON 158 overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       9         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  10 -  1      68  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         AIMED BLOW        54 -  33 -  1      62  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  20 -  0      52  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       34 -  34 -  1      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -  13 -  1      38  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   5 -  0      38  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 357 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      FORCED SUBTEXT 27798       25  12  0  150 011312R (4936)
AIMED BLOW       MAKAROV DREYAR -29135       3   2  0  126 ANIME LEGENDS 8 (6357)
STRIKING ATTACK  SERGEANT 1 29355            7   5  2  101 MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198)
LUNGING ATTACK   MOORINHO -29875            12   9  1  100 THIRSTY THUGS 1346 (6241)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    THORN WITHIN 18667          3   1  0   36 ROOKIE METALLICA 40 (3312)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MY DYING BED -32654.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SERGEANT 1 29355.  The ten other most popular fighters were MODRIC 21799, 
CUBIT STIRRER 6748, SSG 20 -28795, FORCED SUBTEXT 27798, SERGEANT 4 29322, MY DYING 
BED -32654, THORN WITHIN 18667, MAKAROV DREYAR -29135, ROBERT PAULSON 50 -18195, and 
BEAR -17909.

The least popular fighter this week was BAKLAVA AUTOPSY 14594.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were THE PHANTOM 19622, CPL 20 27564, GDP BODY -28820, HIGH PRIEST 
33 15944, HOME SWEET HOME 23668, CHRIS CARR 9142, LINEAR BUTTON 9867, SERGEANT 3 
10724, KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE 3458, and SERGEANT 1 29320.