DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 10/18/2024    Duedate: 10/31/2024

NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA

DM 93    TURN 672

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WEATHER DELAY
BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)
(93-11309) [8-0-0,84]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY              WEATHER DELAY
                               BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)
                               (93-11309) [8-0-0,84]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ARAGOG                         DAHLIA
HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)       EMU'S STRAIN (1931)
(93-11287) [6-3-0,28]          (93-11330) [1-2-0,10]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)        51 
2. EMU'S STRAIN (1931)           25    THE NEST (286)
3. HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)      -7    Unchartered Team

                                       BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)    29  11  0 72.5   1/ 1*BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)   13  2 0
 2/ 3*HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  26  18  0 59.1   2/ 3*HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  6  8 0
 3- 4*FRESH MEAT (1929)         12  13  2 48.0   3/ 0*EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       6  9 1
 4/ 0*EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       10  18  1 35.7   4- 5*FRESH MEAT (1929)         4  1 0
 5- 0*GOTHIC HORRORS (1926)      0   6  0  0.0   5- 0*GOTHIC HORRORS (1926)     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

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
NOBLISH ISLAND brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Of course, we're all terribly 
impressed to see AURORA win a fight and gain 16 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, MISTAKES 
beat ARAGOG and ARAGOG lost 10 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And if variety is 
the spice of life, NOBLISH ISLAND may be getting bland, as WEATHER DELAY stays top 
dog in the city.  I'm not in a very good mood today, but why am I telling you this?  
You want to know what's new, don't you, NOBLISH ISLAND?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  What's 
the big D?  BB CONSTRUCTION was the most avoided team?  Bunch of lily livered... 
grumble... mumble... curse...  And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice?  
Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was EMU'S STRAIN.  Ha ha ha ha!  MISTAKES was 
challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM insulted or 
feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for NOBLISH 
ISLAND's morgue.  More variety.  We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if 
the fate catches up with you sooner that later?   
     There's got to be a better place in NOBLISH ISLAND to get a drink than The 
Swinging Aardvark!  Any suggestions?  Well, I've had enough of this drivel, and I'm 
sure you have too.  Off like a dirty shirt of padded leather.  Paste this one in your 
scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WEATHER DELAY 11309           8   0  0  84         BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NO SHOW 11310                 6   2  0  56         BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)    
 MISTAKES 11313                6   2  0  38         BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)    
 GREYBACK 11288                6   2  0  37         HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WILD BOAR BIN 11292           2   3  0  31         FRESH MEAT (1929)         
 NAGINI 11290                  5   4  0  30         HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  
 SHODDY WORK 11312             4   4  0  29         BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)    
 ARAGOG 11287                  6   3  0  28         HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  
 AURORA 11331                  2   1  1  27         EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       
-SALLY SQUIRREL 11295          4   1  1  24         FRESH MEAT (1929)         
 ASTRID 11332                  3   0  0  24         EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BUDGET OVERRUN 11311          5   3  0  23         BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)    
 UMBRIDGE 11289                5   4  0  22         HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  
-BOBBIE BRISKET 11294          3   2  0  21         FRESH MEAT (1929)         
-PETER RABBIT 11293            2   3  0  21         FRESH MEAT (1929)         
 PETTIGREW 11286               4   5  0  17         HOGWARTS VILLAINS (1928)  
-HERBIE HANBARK 11296          1   4  1  14         FRESH MEAT (1929)         
 BIRTA 11306                   2   4  0  10         EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       
 DAHLIA 11330                  1   2  0  10         EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       
 ANNA 11305                    0   6  0   6         EMU'S STRAIN (1931)       
-ZARD 11276                    0   2  0   2         GOTHIC HORRORS (1926)     

'-' 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                      AURORA 11331           672 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DAHLIA was unbelievably bested by UMBRIDGE in a 5 minute Challenge fight.
WEATHER DELAY demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided Title melee.
NO SHOW devastated NAGINI in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
ARAGOG was luckily beaten by MISTAKES in a 2 minute bloody match.
GREYBACK devastated ANNA in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
SHODDY WORK overpowered BIRTA in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
PETTIGREW was savagely defeated by BUDGET OVERRUN in a action packed 2 minute melee.
ASTRID vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
AURORA slaughtered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        14 -   8 -  0      64  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       18 -  11 -  0      62  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         LUNGING ATTACK    27 -  18 -  3      60  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  12 -  0      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    26 -  21 -  1      55  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         SLASHING ATTACK   24 -  30 -  1      44  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  27 -  1      44  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   8 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 672 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   WEATHER DELAY 11309         8   0  0   84 BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)
STRIKING ATTACK  NO SHOW 11310               6   2  0   56 BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)
TOTAL PARRY      MISTAKES 11313              6   2  0   38 BB CONSTRUCTION (1932)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ARAGOG 11287.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was DAHLIA 11330.  The ten other most popular fighters were PETTIGREW 11286, BUDGET 
OVERRUN 11311, WEATHER DELAY 11309, ARAGOG 11287, GREYBACK 11288, NO SHOW 11310, 
SHODDY WORK 11312, ASTRID 11332, AURORA 11331, and MISTAKES 11313.

The least popular fighter this week was BIRTA 11306.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were NAGINI 11290, UMBRIDGE 11289, ANNA 11305, MISTAKES 11313, AURORA 11331, 
ASTRID 11332, SHODDY WORK 11312, NO SHOW 11310, GREYBACK 11288, and ARAGOG 11287.

                            WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!

We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 17-19, 2025! It will 
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444).  Room 
rates are $209.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast, 
complimentary manager's reception, free parking and free high speed internet.  There's 
a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool.  The rooms are blocked--the group code is 929.

      The official block cutoff is mid-December so make your reservations ASAP!
             The hotel reservation site is:  http://tinyurl.com/FF72inTempe 

Please note that doubles are limited.  As always, if the block is full, please make 
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let 
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation. 
You can contact the Tempe Embassy (480-897-7444) to be put on the waiting list for 
a double suite, too.

We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI