DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/15/2022    Duedate: 12/28/2022

BLACKSTONE ARENA

DM 84    TURN 378

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ROBERT PAULSON 50
PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)
(84-47341) [7-0-0,122]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ROBERT PAULSON 50              GUMBO
PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)       CAMPBELL'S TIME (6035)
(84-47341) [7-0-0,122]         (84-34485) [1-2-0,59]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SERGEANT 5                     MATT URBAN
MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938)      MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)
(84-10722) [13-18-1,82]        (84-9148) [0-1-0,5]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085)     27 
2. MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249)     25    PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)
3. DAVE'S DESIGN (6036)          23    Unchartered Team
4. MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651)      17 
5. MEDAL OF HONOR 15D (9022)     16    POSITION IS EMPTY

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 15D (9022)  1   0  0 100.   1/ 1*CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)    10  4 1
 2/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 15F (9024)  1   0  0 100.   2/ 3 115TH DREAM (5771)        3  0 0
 3/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085)  1   0  0 100.   3/ 4*ERR25 (9279)              2  0 0
 4/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089)  1   0  0 100.   4/ 5 PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)  2  0 0
 5/ 0*THIRSTY THUGS 1350 (6245)  1   0  0 100.   5/11 THREAD (3391)             2  1 0
 6/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651)   1   0  0 100.   6/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 15D (9022) 1  0 0
 7/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245)  1   0  0 100.   7/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 1  0 0
 8/ 1 PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)  10   1  0 90.9   8/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 15F (9024) 1  0 0
 9- 3 SMITH SMACK (1332)        34   9  2 79.1   9/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 1  0 0
10/ 2 ROOKIE HALEN 28 (4801)    10   3  1 76.9  10/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 1  0 0
11/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 117 (4253) 10   3  0 76.9  11/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8135) 1  0 0
12/ 4*ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)       6   2  0 75.0  12- 6 BEAST UNIT (7157)         1  0 0
13/ 6 THREAD (3391)             16   8  0 66.7  13/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651)  1  0 0
14/ 0*SQUID POWER (9754)         4   2  0 66.7  14/ 0*THIRSTY THUGS 1350 (6245) 1  0 0
15/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR W1  (1656) 17  10  0 63.0  15/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 1  0 0
16/ 0*DUEL III (5623)            5   3  0 62.5  16/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 117 (4253) 1  0 0
17/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8135)  6   4  0 60.0  17/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245) 1  0 0
18/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023)  3   2  0 60.0  18/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249) 1  0 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19- 8*SIMPLY THE BEST (1935)     5   4  1 55.6  19- 8 SMITH SMACK (1332)        1  0 0
20/11*ERR25 (9279)               5   4  0 55.6  20/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR W1  (1656) 1  0 0
21/ 7 ROOKIE CRUE 2 (4191)      16  13  0 55.2  21/ 2 ROOKIE HALEN 28 (4801)    1  1 0
22/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 23  20  3 53.5  22/12*ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      1  1 0
23/ 9*CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)     15  14  2 51.7  23/ 9 SPACE MUTINY 3 (7411)     0  2 0
24-10 BEAST UNIT (7157)          6   6  0 50.0  24/10 ROOKIE CRUE 2 (4191)      0  2 0
25/13 115TH DREAM (5771)        38  41  0 48.1  25/ 0*SQUID POWER (9754)        0  1 0
26/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249) 11  12  0 47.8  26/ 0*CAMPBELL'S TIME (6035)    0  1 0
27/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938) 19  21  1 47.5  27/ 0*DAVE'S DESIGN (6036)      0  1 0
28/ 0*THIRSTY THUGS 1332 (6227)  2   3  1 40.0  28/ 0*THIRSTY THUGS 1332 (6227) 0  1 0
29/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)   2   3  0 40.0  29/ 0*MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  0  1 0
30/14 SPACE MUTINY 3 (7411)      9  14  1 39.1  30/ 0 PENNED IN (5622)          0  1 0
31/ 0*CAMPBELL'S TIME (6035)     1   2  0 33.3  31/ 0*DUEL III (5623)           0  1 0
32/ 0 PENNED IN (5622)           4  12  0 25.0  32/ 0 MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938) 0  1 0
33/ 0*DAVE'S DESIGN (6036)       0   1  0  0.0  33-14*SIMPLY THE BEST (1935)    0  1 0
34/ 0*MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)    0   1  0  0.0  34/ 0*MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   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

     Good day, in BLACKSTONE a quiet thief gets rich, but a quiet spymaster gets 
poor.  So bring me ale and harken to my tidbits of news.  THREAD stable has parlayed 
this turn's 1-0-0 into a 6 space move up the rankings.  This brings them up to 5th 
place.  Good work, guys!  And let's see, CPT 1 fought DEATH DOULA and gained 27 
points and contributed to MEDAL OF HONOR 14C's 1-0-0.  DEATH DOULA has lost to CPT 1, 
falling 14 points, while helping make CAN'T HEAL YOU a 2-2-0 turn.  LIVE WIRE 
challenged for the Duelmastership this turn, attempting to dethrone 115TH DREAM's 
warrior.  The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and NOT SHORT remains 
BLACKSTONE's top warrior for another turn.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard 
from unimpeachable sources that The Swinging Aardvark uses trolls in their stew.  
Talk about gristle!   
     He who challenges well, fights well.  He who avoids without cause, shall lose 
for good reasons.  My mama told me that one.   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their 
enemies.  You know who you are; and it's considered rude.   
     I like this place, BLACKSTONE, the taverns have old wine, and young serving 
girls.  Who could ask for more?  Always good to rest in BLACKSTONE, but never good to 
wear out my welcome.  Look for me in future turns.  Until you see my quill in 
BLACKSTONE again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 50 47341       7   0  0 122         PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)  

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ORION 31381                  11   4  0 113         THREAD (3391)             
 SERGEANT 2 29359             16  15  1 101         MEDAL OF HONOR AAF (5198) 
 CAN'T STOP 27074             10   3  1  97         ROOKIE HALEN 28 (4801)    
 LIVE WIRE 57783              10  10  0  93         ROOKIE CRUE 2 (4191)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLORA CAPASSO 10708           5   4  1  87         SIMPLY THE BEST (1935)    
 SERGEANT 5 10722             13  18  1  82         MEDAL OF HONOR AAG (1938) 
 CHRIS CARR 9142              17   9  0  79         MEDAL OF HONOR W1 I (1656)
 SSG22 23980                  10   3  0  76         MEDAL OF HONOR 117 (4253) 

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GUMBO 34485                   1   2  0  59         CAMPBELL'S TIME (6035)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PACK BLOWHART 42629           9  12  1  58         SPACE MUTINY 3 (7411)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUBBLE 53872                  5   4  0  56         ERR25 (9279)              
 SSG 20 47019                  6   4  0  55         MEDAL OF HONOR 14AR (8135)
-AGENT ORANGE 41037            6   6  0  54         BEAST UNIT (7157)         
 THE VET 23476                 5   3  0  53         CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)     
 SQUIRTSY 57152                3   1  0  37         SQUID POWER (9754)        
 EUWE 35593                    2   3  1  36         THIRSTY THUGS 1332 (6227) 

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEECH CLINICIAN 57848         3   0  0  33         CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)     
 SSG 6 52452                   3   2  0  30         MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 
 SFC11 23958                   1   4  0  29         MEDAL OF HONOR 113 (4249) 
 MR ROBOTO 6366                6   2  0  28         ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      
 CPT 1 46770                   1   0  0  27         MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 
 SCRUB MONKEY 23478            3   2  1  24         CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)     
-MEDIEVAL DENTIST 33207        2   2  1  24         CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)     

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NEEDLE NOSE 34491             0   1  0  23         DAVE'S DESIGN (6036)      
 CAPTIAN HOOK 32011            2   2  0  20         DUEL III (5623)           
 JOHN MINICK 38007             1   0  0  17         MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651)  
 SSG 4 52451                   1   0  0  16         MEDAL OF HONOR 15D (9022) 
 WATERMAN 32007                0   4  0  16         PENNED IN (5622)          
 MAJOR 1 36938                 2   3  0  15         MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  
 SSG 10 46791                  1   0  0  13         MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 
 SSG 7 52459                   1   0  0  13         MEDAL OF HONOR 15F (9024) 
 SSG17 23942                   1   0  0  11         MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245) 
 SACCHI 35682                  1   0  0   9         THIRSTY THUGS 1350 (6245) 
 DEATH DOULA 57847             2   1  0   7         CAN'T HEAL YOU (4154)     
 MATT URBAN 9148               0   1  0   5         MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   

'-' 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   
HOT FOREVER 27095       3  3 0 ROOKIE HALEN 32 4805 MEDIEVAL DENTIS 33207 375   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LIVE WIRE was unbelievably bested by NOT SHORT in a 4 minute master's Challenge fight.
CAN'T STOP was subdued by ORION in a popular 1 minute veteran's melee.
SERGEANT 2 vanquished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ROBERT PAULSON 50 overpowered SERGEANT 5 in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight.
CHRIS CARR devastated PACK BLOWHART in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SSG22 overpowered GUMBO in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
BUBBLE devastated SCRUB MONKEY in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
THE VET overcame EUWE in a action packed 1 minute melee.
SQUIRTSY lost to SSG 20 in a 2 minute duel.
LEECH CLINICIAN overpowered WATERMAN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
MR ROBOTO savagely defeated MAJOR 1 in a 2 minute brutal fight.
CAPTIAN HOOK was handily defeated by SFC11 in a 1 minute brutal one-sided bout.
SSG 6 demolished PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute bloody mismatched competition.
DEATH DOULA was demolished by CPT 1 in a 3 minute mismatched match.
SSG 4 beat EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute conflict.
SSG17 viciously subdued PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 2 minute gory beginner's fight.
SSG 7 devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute uneven duel.
MATT URBAN was narrowly defeated by SACCHI in a 6 minute amateur's brawl.
NEEDLE NOSE was overpowered by SSG 10 in a 1 minute one-sided match.
JOHN MINICK overpowered CONVICTED THIEF 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                      17         BASHING ATTACK     3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    30 -  15 -  1      67  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        46 -  30 -  3      61  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   5 -  1      55  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      9 -   9 -  1      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         TOTAL PARRY        8 -  10 -  0      44  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         STRIKING ATTACK    3 -   6 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 378 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:

STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         5  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         4  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW        11 -  6     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     
LUNGING ATTACK     4 -  4     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       ROBERT PAULSON 50 -18195    7   0  0  122 PROJECT MAYHEM 16 (8176)
LUNGING ATTACK   ORION 31381                11   4  0  113 THREAD (3391)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    SQUIRTSY -8384              3   1  0   37 SQUID POWER (9754)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SERGEANT 5 10722.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was MATT URBAN 9148.  The ten other most popular fighters were LIVE WIRE -7753, 
SACCHI -29854, SSG 20 -18517, MR ROBOTO 6366, ORION 31381, DEATH DOULA -7689, SSG 4 
-13085, SSG17 23942, ROBERT PAULSON 50 -18195, and CHRIS CARR 9142.

The least popular fighter this week was NEEDLE NOSE -31045.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were CAPTIAN HOOK 32011, MAJOR 1 -28598, WATERMAN 32007, SCRUB 
MONKEY 23478, GUMBO -31051, PACK BLOWHART -22907, SERGEANT 5 10722, SSG 7 -13077, CPT 
1 -18766, and EUWE -29943.

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

SMITE (84-7041) SMITH SMACK