DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/03/2024    Duedate: 10/16/2024

BLACKSTONE ARENA

DM 84    TURN 425

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SERGEANT 22
MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092)
(84-46808) [14-0-1,115]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SERGEANT 22                    SERGEANT 3
MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092)      MEDAL OF HONOR HY (6463)
(84-46808) [14-0-1,115]        (84-36956) [4-3-0,43]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MATT URBAN                     WILLIAM NAKAMURA
MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)        MEDAL OF HONOR W8 (1663)
(84-9148) [14-12-0,98]         (84-9177) [4-0-0,22]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)          29 
2. PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)      27 MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092)
3. DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)       26    Unchartered Team
4. BRITONS (2756)                22 
5. ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)        20    MEDAL OF HONOR W8 (1663)

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) 14   0  1 100.   1/ 1 DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)   5  1 1
 2/ 2*MEDAL OF HONOR W8 (1663)   4   0  0 100.   2/ 3 MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 3  0 1
 3- 3*CAN'T TOUCH THIS (2312)    2   0  0 100.   3/14*MEDAL OF HONOR 15P (9034) 3  0 1
 4/ 0*PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)   1   0  0 100.   4/ 4 MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 3  0 0
 5/ 0*ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)     1   0  0 100.   5/ 5 MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 3  0 0
 6/ 0*ROOKIE HALEN 7 (4780)      1   0  0 100.   6/ 6 MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092) 3  0 0
 7/ 4 MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  13   4  0 76.5   7/15 MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8135) 3  0 0
 8/10*MEDAL OF HONOR 15P (9034)  3   1  1 75.0   8/ 8 MEDAL OF HONOR HW (6461)  3  0 0
 9/ 5 MEDAL OF HONOR 15E (9023) 20   7  1 74.1   9/ 9 MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  3  0 0
10/ 6 MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   19   7  1 73.1  10- 2 THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  3  0 0
11/ 7 MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 20   8  0 71.4  11/10*MEDAL OF HONOR W8 (1663)  3  0 0
12/ 8 MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 17   7  0 70.8  12/20 MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   3  0 0
13- 9 PROJECT MAYHEM 37 (8975)  11   5  2 68.8  13/12 MIDNIGHT HOUR (1353)      3  3 0
14/12 PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  17  10  0 63.0  14/27*MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8136) 2  1 0
15/16 MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8135) 14  10  0 58.3  15/ 7 MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  2  1 0
16/13 MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  19  14  1 57.6  16/29*MEDAL OF HONOR HY (6463)  2  1 0
17/ 0 MOTHER'S MILK (4751)      28  21  2 57.1  17/19 MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   2  1 0
18/23*MEDAL OF HONOR HY (6463)   4   3  0 57.1  18/33 MEDAL OF HONOR J9 (723)   2  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/17 ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      33  25  2 56.9  19/11 ACID RAIN (1354)          2  2 0
20-15 ROOKIE STYX 18 (1217)     17  13  1 56.7  20/ 0*PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)  1  0 0
21/18 MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   15  12  0 55.6  21/ 0*ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)    1  0 0
22/19 MEDAL OF HONOR J9 (723)   16  13  0 55.2  22/ 0 MOTHER'S MILK (4751)      1  0 0
23/20 MIDNIGHT HOUR (1353)      80  71  6 53.0  23/ 0*ROOKIE HALEN 7 (4780)     1  0 0
24-21 THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  93  93  6 50.0  24-13*CAN'T TOUCH THIS (2312)   1  0 0
25/14*MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245)  4   4  0 50.0  25-28 MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651)  1  1 0
26/36*MEDAL OF HONOR 14A (8136)  2   2  0 50.0  26-25*THIRSTY THUGS 1332 (6227) 1  1 0
27/24 SISTERS OF MERCY (860)    76  80 15 48.7  27-32 ROOKIE STYX 18 (1217)     1  1 0
28/30 MEDAL OF HONOR HW (6461)   8   9  0 47.1  28/18 MINDCRIMES (1355)         1  1 0
29/22 ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)     8   9  0 47.1  29/35 PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  1  2 0
30/32 MINDCRIMES (1355)         13  16  1 44.8  30/16 BUBBA'S FILTH (5843)      1  2 0
31/27 ACID RAIN (1354)          67  83  6 44.7  31/17*MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245) 1  2 0
32-28*THIRSTY THUGS 1332 (6227)  4   5  1 44.4  32/31 ROOKIE STYX 2 (1201)      1  2 0
33/ 0 DARK B-SIDE (4757)        13  17  1 43.3  33/21 SOUL STEALERS (1252)      1  2 0
34/ 0 CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)     14  19  2 42.4  34/34 BRITONS (2756)            1  5 0
35/33 DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)  105 143 12 42.3  35/26 PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  0  3 0
36/31 SOUL STEALERS (1252)      27  37  3 42.2  36/30 ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    0  3 0
37/25*SAMPLED (9247)             5   7  0 41.7  37/ 0 CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)     0  2 0
38/26 BUBBA'S FILTH (5843)       5   7  0 41.7  38/36 SISTERS OF MERCY (860)    0  2 0
39/29 PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)   7  10  0 41.2  39/22*SAMPLED (9247)            0  1 0
40/34 BRITONS (2756)            66  95  3 41.0  40-24 PROJECT MAYHEM 37 (8975)  0  1 0
41-35 MEDAL OF HONOR B7 (6651)   6  10  0 37.5  41/ 0 DARK B-SIDE (4757)        0  1 0
42/ 0*ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)       0   1  0  0.0  42/ 0*ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)      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.  I want to know who's buying 
the drinks for who tonight at The Welcome Wench, seeing as MEDAL OF HONOR 15P's 3-1-1 
has earned them 3rd place in the ranks.  I understand that The Welcome Wench is 
buying the drinks for MEDAL OF HONOR 14AS tonight, to honor their rise to 14th after 
this turns 1-0-0.  Hmmm.  Now, what did these guys have for breakfast this morning?  
MEDAL OF HONOR HY has turned a 1-0-0 into 16th place from 29th.  Give me the recipe!  
I understand that The Welcome Wench is buying the drinks for MEDAL OF HONOR J9 
tonight, to honor their rise to 18th after this turns 1-0-0.  Hmmm.  Our condolences 
(or sneers, as the case may be) go out to BUBBA'S FILTH for their drop to 30th from 
16th.  A 0-1-0 can do that.  It doesn't rain, but it pours for MEDAL OF HONOR 109 
this turn, a 0-1-0 causing a 14 flight drop in the team rankings.  Hand that team a 
dry towel.  SOUL STEALERS must be either in pain, or numb, having dropped from 21st 
to 33rd this turn, with a 0-2-0 acting as the weight.  And let's see, SAVE ME fought 
WILLIAM NAKAMURA and gained 29 points and contributed to ROOKIE QUEEN 9's 0-1-0.  
WICKED GREMLIN has lost to BOUDICCA, falling 33 points, while helping make SOUL 
STEALERS a 0-2-0 turn.  This turn SSG 6 Dark Arena Challenged DARK CHAMPION in what 
was BLACKSTONE's Title bout.  The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, 
and SSG 6 remains BLACKSTONE's top warrior for another turn.  By the way, was that 
our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Welcome Wench?   
     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?  SSG 6 must have surprised MEDAL OF HONOR 15E this turn, after they 
sent him to the Dark Arena, but the Dark Arena couldn't hold him!  A brave warrior 
does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover or hide when the fight is over.  
Consider well.   
     I like this place, BLACKSTONE, the taverns have old wine, and young serving 
girls.  Who could ask for more?  Well, I'm burning daylight here in BLACKSTONE and 
I've a long road ahead of me.  Happy Trails.  Until you see my quill in BLACKSTONE 
again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SERGEANT 22 46808            14   0  1 115         MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092) 

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CPL 20 27564                 13   3  0 108         MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)  
 SSG 10 46791                 16   7  0 105         MEDAL OF HONOR 14G (8089) 
 SSG 20 47019                 14  10  0 105         MEDAL OF HONOR 14AR (8135)
 ROBERT PAULSON 158 52288     17   9  0  99         PROJECT MAYHEM 52 (8990)  
 MATT URBAN 9148              14  12  0  98         MEDAL OF HONR W2 (1657)   
 BOUDICCA 57861               12  12  1  98         BRITONS (2756)            
 CPT 1 46770                  19   8  0  97         MEDAL OF HONOR 14C (8085) 
-ROBERT PAULSON 117 52215     11   4  2  95         PROJECT MAYHEM 37 (8975)  

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAJOR 1 36938                18  14  1  89         MEDAL OF HONOR HV (6460)  
 WICKED GREMLIN 6628          13  12  1  86         SOUL STEALERS (1252)      
 ELIZABETH 57867              10  14  0  86         BRITONS (2756)            
 GET UP 27025                  8   8  0  72         ROOKIE HALEN 18 (4791)    
 MAJOR 2 36946                 8   8  0  69         MEDAL OF HONOR HW (6461)  

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DELRIC STONETOE 4466          9  11  2  66         DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)   
 TRADE CAPPER 7188             6   5  0  66         ACID RAIN (1354)          
 BACKBREAKER BEAR 4467        11  11  0  65         DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)   
 DON DROPEM 4469               8   8  1  64         DISPOSABLE HEROES (869)   
 FRANCIS MCGRAW 3714          10   9  0  62         MEDAL OF HONOR J9 (723)   
-EUWE 35593                    4   5  1  61         THIRSTY THUGS 1332 (6227) 
 SERGEANT 1 45146             10   3  0  58         MEDAL OF HONOR O3 (767)   

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CARROT & STICK 57500          7   1  0  56         THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  
 SEE THE LIE 57813             6   3  1  55         CHOCOLATE RAIN (6417)     
 TWISTED HATE 7148             5   3  0  55         MIDNIGHT HOUR (1353)      
 BLOODY MISSIONARY 7192        4   4  1  53         MINDCRIMES (1355)         
 INTRUDING TEARS 7183          7  10  0  51         ACID RAIN (1354)          
 CRYING SAX 7151               4   4  0  50         MIDNIGHT HOUR (1353)      
-TODAY'S STAR 56891            6  14  0  44         THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  
 SERGEANT 3 36956              4   3  0  43         MEDAL OF HONOR HY (6463)  
 ROBERT PAULSON 107 52197      6  10  0  40         PROJECT MAYHEM 34 (8972)  
 OBSCENITY 33352               5   7  0  40         BUBBA'S FILTH (5843)      
-WET LEG 57835                 4   1  1  39         THE MOTHERSHIP AG (4663)  
 LOONIE LACY 5236              5  10  2  35         SISTERS OF MERCY (860)    
 SSG 17 52509                  3   1  1  34         MEDAL OF HONOR 15P (9034) 
 SOLDIER 36 47026              2   2  0  34         MEDAL OF HONOR 14AS (8136)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SSG17 23942                   4   4  0  33         MEDAL OF HONOR 109 (4245) 
 DEAD PRESIDENT 53711          4   3  0  33         SAMPLED (9247)            
 CLOUDY SKY 7149               4   7  0  31         MIDNIGHT HOUR (1353)      
 IMPRESSION 47160              2   3  0  29         DARK B-SIDE (4757)        
 SAVE ME 3475                  0   1  0  29         ROOKIE QUEEN 9 (675)      
 WRAITH 6623                   1   6  0  27         SOUL STEALERS (1252)      
 ROBERT PAULSON 47 47335       1   0  0  27         PROJECT MAYHEM 15 (8175)  
 PUNK ROCK CLASSIC 57223       2   0  0  25         MOTHER'S MILK (4751)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WILLIAM NAKAMURA 9177         4   0  0  22         MEDAL OF HONOR W8 (1663)  
-IRUKANDJI 13157               2   0  0  22         CAN'T TOUCH THIS (2312)   
 SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS 36376     1   0  0  20         ANIME LEGENDS 3 (6352)    
 MEAN STREET 26967             1   0  0  20         ROOKIE HALEN 7 (4780)     

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MAYHEM 20332            0  3 0 ALLSTATE 3622        LOONIE LACY 5236       421 NOT REVENGED
BENEATH MUMBAI 57903    0  1 0 CHOCOLATE RAIN 6417  BANDIT PRINCE          425 NONE
DAME 3251               0  0 0 LAME MOVIES 636      CHAOTIC EVIL 39018     349  
JOHN MINICK 38007       6 10 0 MEDAL OF HONOR  6651 DON DROPEM 4469        424  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SSG 6 butchered DARK CHAMPION in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
BENEATH MUMBAI was killed by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
CPL 20 outlasted ELIZABETH in a crowd pleasing 11 minute expert's fight.
WICKED GREMLIN was bested by BOUDICCA in a exciting 1 minute veteran's fight.
SSG 20 devastated GET UP in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SERGEANT 22 overpowered VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute one-sided Title struggle.
SSG 10 devastated VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute one-sided competition.
CPT 1 handily defeated KHALHUMS DWARF in a crowd boring 5 minute uneven melee.
MATT URBAN vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
MAJOR 1 lost to ROBERT PAULSON 158 in a exciting 4 minute gruesome veteran's fight.
MAJOR 2 overpowered LOONIE LACY in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
TRADE CAPPER viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute master vs. novice conflict.
CRYING SAX was outlasted by LIGHT UP in a crowd pleasing 7 minute conflict.
SEE THE LIE was luckily beaten by DELRIC STONETOE in a 2 minute duel.
BACKBREAKER BEAR overpowered ROBERT PAULSON 107 in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
DON DROPEM handily defeated DEAD PRESIDENT in a 2 minute mismatched bout.
TWISTED HATE bested SSG17 in a 2 minute brawl.
FRANCIS MCGRAW overpowered OBSCENITY in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
INTRUDING TEARS was beaten by SERGEANT 3 in a 1 minute match.
BLOODY MISSIONARY overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute bloody mismatched conflict.
SERGEANT 1 overpowered WRAITH in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SSG 17 demolished IMPRESSION in a 1 minute uneven bout.
CLOUDY SKY lost to SOLDIER 36 in a 4 minute fray.
PUNK ROCK CLASSIC devastated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 3 minute one-sided bout.
WILLIAM NAKAMURA savagely defeated SAVE ME in a 5 minute fight.
MEAN STREET overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
SEBASTIAN MICHAELIS vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven bout.
ROBERT PAULSON 47 handily defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 3 minute uneven bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                      15         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   4 -  0      71  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         BASHING ATTACK    13 -   6 -  1      68  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      8         AIMED BLOW        85 -  47 -  3      64  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY       32 -  18 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  10 -  1      58  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    42 -  42 -  1      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         WALL OF STEEL      6 -   7 -  2      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   2 -  0       0  |

Turn 425 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:

BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  2         4  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        6 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         3  TOTAL PARRY    
AIMED BLOW        10 -  5                                       3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  4                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       SERGEANT 22 -18728         14   0  1  115 MEDAL OF HONOR 14J (8092)
TOTAL PARRY      CPL 20 27564               13   3  0  108 MEDAL OF HONOR GV (4891)
SLASHING ATTACK  TRADE CAPPER 7188           6   5  0   66 ACID RAIN (1354)
LUNGING ATTACK   TWISTED HATE 7148           5   3  0   55 MIDNIGHT HOUR (1353)
STRIKING ATTACK  SSG 17 -13027               3   1  1   34 MEDAL OF HONOR 15P (9034)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MATT URBAN 9148.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was WILLIAM NAKAMURA 9177.  The ten other most popular fighters were CRYING SAX 7151, 
ELIZABETH -7669, MAJOR 1 -28598, SEE THE LIE -7723, DON DROPEM 4469, BOUDICCA -7675, 
ROBERT PAULSON 158 -13248, TRADE CAPPER 7188, TWISTED HATE 7148, and CLOUDY SKY 7149.

The least popular fighter this week was CPT 1 -18766.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CPL 20 27564, ROBERT PAULSON 47 -18201, SAVE ME 3475, IMPRESSION 
-18376, WRAITH 6623, INTRUDING TEARS 7183, ROBERT PAULSON 107 -13339, LIGHT UP 6365, 
GET UP 27025, and MEAN STREET 26967.

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

SSG 6 (84--13084) MEDAL OF HONOR 15E