DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/13/2024    Duedate: 06/26/2024

BLACKSTONE ARENA

DM 84    TURN 417

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SSG 10
MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089)
(84-46791) [12-5-0,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SSG 10                         ROBERT PAULSON 107
MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089)      PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)
(84-46791) [12-5-0,108]        (84-52197) [4-5-0,39]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

WYRD                           WYRD
BRITONS (2756)                 BRITONS (2756)
(84-15602) [14-16-2,84]        (84-15602) [14-16-2,84]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BRITONS (2756)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)         64 
2. THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)      25    MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)
3. MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)      22    Unchartered Team
4. BRITONS (2756)                18 
5. MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089)     13    POSITION IS EMPTY

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092)  8   0  1 100.   1/ 1 BRITONS (2756)            6  5 0
 2- 2*WOS BEM (3909)             1   0  0 100.   2/ 7 MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 3  0 0
 3- 3*BORN IN ORLANDO (6798)     4   1  1 80.0   3/ 8 MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 3  0 0
 4/ 4 MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   14   5  1 73.7   4/ 9 MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 3  0 0
 5/ 8 MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 12   5  0 70.6   5/ 0 COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)     3  2 0
 6/ 5 PROJECT MAYHEM 37 (8975)   7   3  2 70.0   6/ 6 PROJECT MAYHEM 37 (8975)  2  1 1
 7/ 6 PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  13   6  0 68.4   7/ 0 THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  2  1 1
 8/10 MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 14   7  0 66.7   8/ 3 PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  2  1 0
 9- 9*MEDAL OF HONOR O1 (765)    4   2  1 66.7   9/22 MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  2  1 0
10/13 MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 13   7  0 65.0  10/ 4 MEDAL OF HONOR HZ (6464)  2  1 0
11/ 7 MEDAL OF HONOR HZ (6464)   7   4  1 63.6  11/25 MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   2  1 0
12-12 MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)   7   4  0 63.6  12/ 2 MEDAL OF HONOR J9 (723)   2  3 0
13/11 ROOKIE STYX 18 (1217)     14   9  1 60.9  13-13*SAMPLED (9247)            1  0 0
14/14 ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      30  20  2 60.0  14- 5*MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092) 1  0 0
15-17 MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8135) 10   8  0 55.6  15-18 MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  1  0 0
16/15 MEDAL OF HONOR J9 (723)   12  10  0 54.5  16-15*WOS BEM (3909)            1  0 0
17/20 MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  14  12  1 53.8  17/20*PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  1  2 0
18-19 XCOM OPS (7968)           20  18  0 52.6  18/23 MEDAL OF HONOR HW (6461)  1  2 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/ 0 THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  88  89  6 49.7  19/24*ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    1  2 0
20/25 MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)    9  11  0 45.0  20/12 ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      1  2 0
21/27*PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)   4   5  0 44.4  21/10 ROOKIE STYX 18 (1217)     1  2 0
22/22*ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)     4   5  0 44.4  22/11 MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   1  2 0
23/24 BRITONS (2756)            61  77  3 44.2  23-26*P.A.I.N. (8630)           0  2 0
24/ 0 COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)     12  18  2 40.0  24-21 XCOM OPS (7968)           0  2 0
25-26*SAMPLED (9247)             4   6  0 40.0  25/30*ERROR R (4147)            0  2 0
26-29 UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      67 126  5 34.7  26-27 MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8135) 0  1 0
27/30 MEDAL OF HONOR HW (6461)   3   7  0 30.0  27-17*BORN IN ORLANDO (6798)    0  1 0
28/31*ERROR R (4147)             1   3  0 25.0  28-19*MEDAL OF HONOR O1 (765)   0  1 0
29-32*P.A.I.N. (8630)            0   2  0  0.0  29-14 UNGENTLE BENS (9411)      0  0 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, BLACKSTONE?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  With any luck, I can sneak into The 
Welcome Wench and join MEDAL OF HONOR HV's celebration over their good record this 
turn.  9th place, not bad.  If The Welcome Wench is buying drinks for MEDAL OF HONR 
W2's good turn, I'm afraid the place will be dry before long.  A 1-0-0 makes for a 
big thirst.  Oh, this is too good to be true!  ROOKIE STYX 18 has fallen to 21st 
place after going 0-1-0 this turn.  Who's bragging now?  Why not, I'm having a good 
day, so I feel sorry for MEDAL OF HONOR O3, who went 0-1-0 and dropped 11 into 22nd.  
Here's my pity, for what it's worth.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see 
CRANGER win a fight and gain 27 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, MAJOR 1 beat OF THE 
BRAVE and OF THE BRAVE lost 17 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And it's out with 
the old, in with the new, as SSG 10 takes the Title and last week's bar tab from the 
old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do 
you think some of these guys win their fights?  Skill?  Ha!   
     My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start 
talking.' I loved that woman.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Gee, THE MOTHERSHIP AG, ain't it past due for sending 
TODAY'S STAR Dark Arena?  What took ol' '5-13-0' so long?  Hope?  Ha ha aha ha!  Ya 
gotta go sometime, and SPECIALIST 3's time was this time.  Hmmm, not a bad fighter, 
had he lived... (what?  me pity?).  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry 
if the fate catches up with you sooner that later?   
     What does the BLACKSTONE arena have in common with the inns?  It's just as 
comfortable to sleep in either place.  Ha ha ha ha!  Phlllt!  Just had to do that 
before I leave the fine city of BLACKSTONE.  I feel much better now.  Paste this one 
in your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SSG 10 46791                 12   5  0 108         MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAJOR 1 36938                14  12  1 103         MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  
 ROBERT PAULSON 158 52288     13   6  0  93         PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  
-SERGEANT 22 46808             8   0  1  93         MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092) 
 SSG 6 52452                  13   7  0  92         MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 
 CPT 1 46770                  14   7  0  91         MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOUDICCA 57861               11   6  1  88         BRITONS (2756)            
 WYRD 15602                   14  16  2  84         BRITONS (2756)            
-FLYING THUNDER 56613          8   6  0  83         XCOM OPS (7968)           
 OF THE BRAVE 6445            14   9  1  80         ROOKIE STYX 18 (1217)     
-SSG 20 47019                 10   8  0  77         MEDAL OF HONOR 14AR (8135)
 CRANGER 56883                 4   0  0  74         COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)     
 ROBERT PAULSON 117 52215      7   3  2  73         PROJECT MAYHEM 37 (8975)  
-CPL 20 27564                  7   3  0  70         MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MATT URBAN 9148               9  11  0  67         MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ELIZABETH 57867               8   9  0  66         BRITONS (2756)            
 CARROT & STICK 57500          6   0  1  66         THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SERGEANT 1 45146              5   2  0  49         MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   
-UNIVERSAL SLAYER 39008        3   1  0  40         BORN IN ORLANDO (6798)    
 ROBERT PAULSON 107 52197      4   5  0  39         PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  
 ANGUISH 41923                 4   1  1  38         COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)     
 FRANCIS MCGRAW 3714           6   7  0  37         MEDAL OF HONOR J9 (723)   
 WET LEG 57835                 3   0  1  36         THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DEAD PRESIDENT 53711          3   2  0  27         SAMPLED (9247)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GET UP 27025                  4   5  0  17         ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    
-BURRPOL 21870                 1   0  0  17         WOS BEM (3909)            
 MAJOR 2 36946                 3   7  0  16         MEDAL OF HONOR HW (6461)  
 IATE 23438                    1   3  0  16         ERROR R (4147)            
 SEVEN 57800                   1   0  0  14         COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)     
-TRINITY 50226                 0   2  0   6         P.A.I.N. (8630)           

'-' 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  
JAMES MILLS 3927        4  2 1 MEDAL OF HONOR O 765 ROBERT PAULSON  52215  415  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TODAY'S STAR was butchered by ARENAMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
EIGHT was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
SIX was easily killed by HIGH ELF in a popular 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena match.
OF THE BRAVE was devastated by MAJOR 1 in a 1 minute gory one-sided contest.
ROBERT PAULSON 158 was subdued by SSG 10 in a 6 minute master's Title competition.
SSG 6 devastated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched match.
CPT 1 luckily beat WYRD in a action packed 7 minute expert's melee.
ROBERT PAULSON 117 was viciously subdued by BOUDICCA in a popular 3 minute duel.
MATT URBAN viciously subdued LIGHT UP in a popular 3 minute brutal fight.
SERGEANT 1 was handily defeated by ELIZABETH in a 4 minute one-sided bout.
FRANCIS MCGRAW was demolished by CRANGER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
CARROT & STICK easily killed SPECIALIST 3 in a 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
ROBERT PAULSON 107 devastated MAJOR 2 in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
ANGUISH handily defeated IATE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
GET UP was overpowered by WET LEG in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
SEVEN handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                      10         TOTAL PARRY       31 -  17 -  0      65  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   7         STRIKING ATTACK   23 -  14 -  1      62  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        50 -  39 -  2      56  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK    9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         LUNGING ATTACK    35 -  35 -  1      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  14 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   4 -  0      20  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 417 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    1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  4         4  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         3  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW         5 -  5     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1     
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       SSG 10 -18745              12   5  0  108 MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089)
TOTAL PARRY      ROBERT PAULSON 158 -13248  13   6  0   93 PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)
LUNGING ATTACK   BOUDICCA -7675             11   6  1   88 BRITONS (2756)
SLASHING ATTACK  CRANGER -8653               4   0  0   74 COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)
STRIKING ATTACK  ANGUISH -23613              4   1  1   38 COLLEGE RADIO* (7281)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WYRD 15602.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
WYRD 15602.  The ten other most popular fighters were MATT URBAN 9148, SSG 10 -18745, 
ROBERT PAULSON 117 -13321, BOUDICCA -7675, CPT 1 -18766, ELIZABETH -7669, MAJOR 1 
-28598, SSG 6 -13084, CRANGER -8653, and CARROT & STICK -8036.

The least popular fighter this week was GET UP 27025.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were IATE 23438, MAJOR 2 -28590, SPECIALIST 3 -28577, FRANCIS MCGRAW 3714, 
OF THE BRAVE 6445, EIGHT -7735, TODAY'S STAR -8645, WET LEG -7701, LIGHT UP 6365, and 
SIX -7737.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                       CAPTAIN COOK (18-10921) SEA DOGS  (224) 
                           MISSION (25-3538) ERRATA  (323) 
                    UNFLUSHED (54-3115) BASH BROS BATHROOM  (331) 
                     WHIRLWIND (82-56177) BLADES OF FURY  (1526) 
                    GRUNT 49 (82-48855) MEDAL OF HONOR C4  (8218) 
                      WET MOVER (85-32045) TMM'S JUNK 87  (5873) 
                           WATER (84-56764) ERRONE  (8231) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes