DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/04/2025    Duedate: 07/17/2025

TRANSEL ARENA

DM 6    TURN 1037

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

HOODOO MAN
BLACK AND BLUES (575)
(6-8005) [19-7-2,124]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

HOODOO MAN                     TUB THUMPING
BLACK AND BLUES (575)          TOP HITS (675)
(6-8005) [19-7-2,124]          (6-8081) [8-0-0,91]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

ASH                            ASH
FIRST NAME BASIS (641)         FIRST NAME BASIS (641)
(6-8016) [13-14-0,75]          (6-8016) [13-14-0,75]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BLACK AND BLUES (575)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CHAOS KIDS (669)              37 
2. TOP HITS (675)                31    BLACK AND BLUES (575)
3. BLACK AND BLUES (575)         26    Unchartered Team
4. PSYCHO SQUAD (135)            4  
5. LANCIARII (635)               3     PHOENIX GUARD (677)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*CLEVER CLEVER MGRR (676)   4   1  0 80.0   1/ 1 BLACK AND BLUES (575)    10  3 1
 2- 2*AVALANCHE ARMADA (667)     7   4  0 63.6   2/ 4 CHAOS KIDS (669)          9  5 0
 3- 5 BREWHALLA (668)           53  36  2 59.6   3/ 2*TOP HITS (675)            8  7 0
 4/ 4*PHOENIX GUARD (677)       18  13  1 58.1   4- 3 BREWHALLA (668)           3  1 1
 5/ 3*TOP HITS (675)            23  17  2 57.5   5/ 5*PHOENIX GUARD (677)       3  2 0
 6/ 6 BLACK AND BLUES (575)    675 513 32 56.8   6/10 PSYCHO SQUAD (135)        2  4 0
 7/ 8 CHAOS KIDS (669)          54  46  2 54.0   7/11 LANCIARII (635)           2  4 0
 8- 7 RAT PAK (277)            119 103  5 53.6   8/ 7 FIRST NAME BASIS (641)    2  4 0
 9/ 9 LANCIARII (635)          210 218  6 49.1   9- 8*CLEVER CLEVER MGRR (676)  1  0 0
10/10 FIRST NAME BASIS (641)   220 237 27 48.1  10- 9 RAT PAK (277)             1  1 0
11/11 PSYCHO SQUAD (135)       781 993 23 44.0  11- 6*AVALANCHE ARMADA (667)    1  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

     Hail and well met warriors of TRANSEL!  Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp 
Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari.  There were bitter words at AVALANCHE 
ARMADA's guildhouse after a 0-0-0 showing this week which dropped the stable into 
11th.  Dark Arena anyone?  Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the 
corner!  Witness how this week PSYCHO SQUAD went 1-1-0 to move up 4 in the rankings.  
My praise to CHAOS KIDS for their 4-0-0 week this time out.  Indeed, it was a 
skillfully fought round deserving of notice!  CLYDE caught the eye of many in the 
gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested PEREGRINE FIREHAWK and was awarded 18 
points in recognition.  In one of the week's more notable duels, MCKINLEY put down 
MORAN, causing him to lose 7 points of recognition in the process.  Due to hers 
absence and inability to defend the throne, OVERKILL has lost the title of 
Duelmaster.  The city has turned out in honor of HOODOO MAN, for with his arena 
victory he may now lay claim to the highest position in the city!  Heed this!  A seer 
has warned that if exactly 6 die in duels this week, the whole city shall perish!  
Just remember...5 or 7!   
     But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades 
that is city TRANSEL.  My inside sources tell me that the team to beat in TRANSEL 
these days is LANCIARII.  At least, most blades in town are looking to avoid them.  
If you didn't look down dark alleys you'd have been hard pressed to find any of 
LANCIARII last week.  Busy avoiding LANCIARII?  At the gambling halls I have started 
to bet money on TUB THUMPING.  It has got the courage it takes.  Witness its 
challenge this turn against ASH!  The TOP HITS stable will be up late tonight, for 
indeed it was TUB THUMPING who claimed victory in the contest, ascending 24 in 
recognition!   
     What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his 
foe's mortality?  Fate is a fickle mistress.  She showers the miserable with fortune 
but sets enemies against the victorious.  Remember this!   
     The girls are as pretty in TRANSEL as ever I remembered them....and the fighters 
as ugly!  Don't let your reputation slip!  Ahh, but I can hear the spires of a far 
off city calling to me.  I must away!  Till we meet again, remember:  a turtle walks 
slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- 
Zontani Sharp Eyes  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HOODOO MAN 8005              19   7  2 124         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-OVERKILL 8010                13   5  0 103         BREWHALLA (668)           
 SKIP 7838                    20  14  0 102         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     
 TUB THUMPING 8081             8   0  0  91         TOP HITS (675)            

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-RATIGAN-RAT 7820             18  16  3  89         RAT PAK (277)             
 DOLFIN 7885                  15  36  0  81         PSYCHO SQUAD (135)        
 CLYDE 8028                   10  11  1  78         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
 MCKINLEY 8020                13  13  1  76         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     
 ASH 8016                     13  14  0  75         FIRST NAME BASIS (641)    
 DOLLY 8030                   14   7  0  72         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
-SLANG DU JOUR 8009           12   6  0  71         BREWHALLA (668)           
 MORAN 7966                   14  25  1  68         FIRST NAME BASIS (641)    

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HEMLOCK 8077                  8   4  0  64         CHAOS KIDS (669)          

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 KOKO TAYLOR 8108              5   3  0  53         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     
-WAIMEA BLAZE 8025             7   7  1  52         BREWHALLA (668)           
 HALLUCENT 8001                9  23  0  50         PSYCHO SQUAD (135)        
-DON'T 8086                    4   1  0  50         CLEVER CLEVER MGRR (676)  
-CO-PILOT THOR 8008           11   7  1  48         BREWHALLA (668)           
 PAINT IT BLACK 8085           5   3  0  39         TOP HITS (675)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ULLANDER 7862                 6   8  0  35         LANCIARII (635)           

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WARBLER 8093                  6   3  0  28         PHOENIX GUARD (677)       
 ROUND AND ROUND 8084          4   4  1  25         TOP HITS (675)            
 PSYCHO KILLER 8083            4   4  1  25         TOP HITS (675)            

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SNOWSLIDE 7989                3   1  0  20         AVALANCHE ARMADA (667)    
 BLACK BETTY 8082              2   6  0  20         TOP HITS (675)            
-FROSTBITE 7993                1   3  0  18         AVALANCHE ARMADA (667)    
 REQUIEM 8112                  3   2  0  17         CHAOS KIDS (669)          
-KOKOMO ARNOLD 8071            1   0  0  15         BLACK AND BLUES (575)     
-MARIONETTE-RAT 8106           0   6  0   6         RAT PAK (277)             
 AMELITOS 8122                 0   1  0   1         LANCIARII (635)           

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
WESTENIO 7903           6 12 0 LANCIARII 635        WAIMEA BLAZE 8025     1036  
CONDOR 8092             5  3 1 PHOENIX GUARD 677    MCKINLEY 8020         1036  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TUB THUMPING devastated ASH in a action packed 3 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
SKIP demolished DOLFIN in a popular 1 minute one-sided melee.
HOODOO MAN vanquished NURNIN THE UNLUCKY in a popular 1 minute mismatched Title brawl.
MORAN was defeated by MCKINLEY in a 2 minute master's match.
DOLLY outwaited SIR RENARD D'KENSIS in a popular 10 minute duel.
CLYDE devastated PEREGRINE FIREHAWK in a 1 minute mismatched match.
HEMLOCK handily defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
HALLUCENT won victory over PSYCHO KILLER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
KOKO TAYLOR vanquished ROUND AND ROUND in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ULLANDER won victory over BLACK BETTY in a popular 1 minute fight.
PAINT IT BLACK narrowly defeated WARBLER in a 3 minute melee.
REQUIEM beat AMELITOS in a 1 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         TOTAL PARRY       17 -   7 -  0      71  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -   7 -  0      65  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -   5 -  1      64  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         SLASHING ATTACK   31 -  22 -  2      58  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  10 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         WALL OF STEEL     17 -  16 -  1      52  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         AIMED BLOW        17 -  17 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  14 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    34 -  46 -  3      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1037 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  HOODOO MAN 8005            19   7  2  124 BLACK AND BLUES (575)
AIMED BLOW       SKIP 7838                  20  14  0  102 BLACK AND BLUES (575)
TOTAL PARRY      TUB THUMPING 8081           8   0  0   91 TOP HITS (675)
LUNGING ATTACK   HEMLOCK 8077                8   4  0   64 CHAOS KIDS (669)
STRIKING ATTACK  PAINT IT BLACK 8085         5   3  0   39 TOP HITS (675)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is ASH 8016.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
ASH 8016.  The ten other most popular fighters were PAINT IT BLACK 8085, SKIP 7838, 
HOODOO MAN 8005, MCKINLEY 8020, HEMLOCK 8077, HALLUCENT 8001, WARBLER 8093, MORAN 
7966, CLYDE 8028, and KOKO TAYLOR 8108.

The least popular fighter this week was DOLLY 8030.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ROUND AND ROUND 8084, PSYCHO KILLER 8083, AMELITOS 8122, DOLFIN 7885, 
TUB THUMPING 8081, REQUIEM 8112, BLACK BETTY 8082, ULLANDER 7862, KOKO TAYLOR 8108, 
and CLYDE 8028.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

HOODOO MAN (6-8005) BLACK AND BLUES (575)
SKIP (6-7838) BLACK AND BLUES (575)