DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/01/2025    Duedate: 07/14/2025

KOLACT ARENA

DM 10    TURN 1030

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

OCTAVIAN
PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)
(10-5210) [22-9-1,108]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

POSITION IS EMPTY              POSITION IS EMPTY
                               
                               

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

OCTAVIAN                       RUBY
PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)           THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)
(10-5210) [22-9-1,108]         (10-7659) [10-6-2,88]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

WAR HAWKS (11)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WAR HAWKS (11)                29 
2. THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)        26    NEON DIAMONDS (661)
3. NEON DIAMONDS (661)           17    Unchartered Team
4. COVEY II (662)                12 
5. PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)          11    WHOA! JUMP BACK! (316)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 PRATFALL (660)            15   3  3 83.3   1/ 4 WAR HAWKS (11)            8  2 0
 2- 3*DEATHBRINGERS (655)        4   2  0 66.7   2/ 1 PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)      7  6 0
 3/ 5 NEON DIAMONDS (661)       66  59  3 52.8   3/ 2 THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    7  8 1
 4/ 6 WAR HAWKS (11)           357 381 20 48.4   4/ 3 NEON DIAMONDS (661)       7  8 0
 5/ 7 PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)     316 365 20 46.4   5/ 6 COVEY II (662)            2  2 0
 6/ 8 THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    91 109  8 45.5   6- 9 BEASTS WITHIN (561)       1  1 1
 7- 9 BEASTS WITHIN (561)       32  41  3 43.8   7- 5*ERRATA (652)              1  2 0
 8/10 THE MOONDOGS (97)        871 1134 19 43.4   8/11 THE MOONDOGS (97)         0  9 0
 9/11 COVEY II (662)            13  17  0 43.3   9-12*DEATHBRINGERS (655)       0  1 0
10-12*ERRATA (652)               2   3  0 40.0  10-10 PRATFALL (660)            0  1 0

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

                                 DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
                             Notes from the arena champ.

Praetorian Mandate: The Word of Octavian

Once again, the sands of Kolact bear witness to Imperial supremacy.

Ruby-so quick to kill, yet quicker still to collapse. For the second time, I faced 
her. For the second time, she failed. Though she struts with the stature of a warrior 
(6'2" is it?), she lacks the strength to wield her long spear properly and the stamina 
to survive more than four attacks. This time, she didn't just lose. She passed out. I 
didn't defeat Ruby; I endured her-like one endures a summer pest-until she withered 
under her own inadequacy. She is no warrior. She is a bloodstain on my boots.  Let it 
be known: I will Blood Feud again. Each time one of mine falls, tenfold vengeance is 
sworn. When the Empire bleeds, the sword of justice follows.

In service to the Emperor, the ranks of the Praetorian Guard have grown. Cassius 
Varus, recently elevated from his station beside the throne, now tests his mettle in 
the arena. He will earn his scars. His victories. And if he fails, he will be 
replaced. That is the way of things.

To our friends and ally, the War Hawks-your blades are keen, your victories many. 
Kolact is better for your presence. Together we raise the standard of strength, 
loyalty, and honor.

To the cowards, pretenders, and throne-clingers: I am the Duelmaster. You are not.

                        -- Octavian, Captain of the Imperial Guard, Champion of Kolact

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  Nothing is certain in KOLACT, with changing loyalties, changing 
Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new top team--WAR HAWKS.  Nothing works for a team 
like victory (How's that for a perceptive observation?) as WAR HAWKS can attest...  
Practice pays for GALAXY LETTUCE, who pummelled KAIZAR, to pocket 12 points.  KAIZAR 
certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to GALAXY LETTUCE and 
losing 7 points in the process!  Well, Duelmaster OCTAVIAN Bloodfeuded THE RAZOR'S 
EDGE's RUBY.  Is a 21-9-1 good enough?  OCTAVIAN successfully staved off a grab for 
the roses by RUBY of THE RAZOR'S EDGE.  Does KOLACT have no one talented enough to 
dethrone him?  So who was the warrior seen charging into immovable walls and 
challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic problem...   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the lion, so 
did the "warriors" in KOLACT avoid NEON DIAMONDS.  The warriors of NEON DIAMONDS 
found their efforts at combat frustrated as WAR HAWKS apparently had more important 
things to do than fight.  Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  
Good oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, RUBY is the most challenged warrior.   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Never one to advocate diplomacy and restraint, I was pleased to see NEON DIAMONDS 
retaliate against THE RAZOR'S EDGE in bloodfeud!  Ask not a spymaster for counsel, 
for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor.   
     All good things must come to an end.  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond 
my control, I must take my leave of this place.  KOLACT, I leave you now.  The 
Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at Don Corleone's.  'Til next time-- Novgorodny 
Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OCTAVIAN 5210                22   9  1 108         PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)      

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TREIRUS 7466                 14   8  0 108         WAR HAWKS (11)            
 CATFISH 7639                  8   1  0  94         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LUCINCH 5380                 16  24  0  92         WAR HAWKS (11)            

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUBY 7659                    10   6  2  88         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 GALAXY LETTUCE 7651           8   5  0  83         COVEY II (662)            
 FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642         17   9  1  81         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 ARTEMIS 7657                 11   5  0  68         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 HARLUNE 7475                 13   6  1  67         WAR HAWKS (11)            

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SELENA 7020                  11  31  0  64         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
 POLYXENA 7663                 8   7  1  64         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 KAIZAR 5459                  10   3  0  58         PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)      
 COG 7575                      7   3  1  57         WAR HAWKS (11)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DRAGON O'MALLY 7222           7   5  2  56         BEASTS WITHIN (561)       
 AJAX 7660                     6  10  1  47         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 BIG ROCK 7076                 5  31  0  46         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
 DYNOMYTE 7684                 7   4  0  44         THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)    
 ATTIS 7565                    6   5  1  43         WAR HAWKS (11)            
-SWAN ARTIST 7676              3   1  0  39         COVEY II (662)            

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-OBLITERATOR 7550              4   2  0  32         DEATHBRINGERS (655)       
 MOLDAVIUS 5672                3   1  0  29         PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)      
-MEADOWFLOW 7527               2   2  0  29         ERRATA (652)              

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAMPY 7709                    3   1  0  17         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 ECLIPSE 7695                  2   9  0  15         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
 CASSIUS VARUS 7721            0   1  0   1         PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)      

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DARK DIAMOND 2 7719     0  1 0 NEON DIAMONDS 661    MOUNTAIN TROLL        1030 NONE
DARK DIAMOND 3 7720     0  1 0 NEON DIAMONDS 661    SPYMASTER             1030 NONE
PUDGE 7643             11 16 2 NEON DIAMONDS 661    POLYXENA 7663         1029 JUST REVENGED
DARK ARENA 2 7722       0  1 0 PRAETORIAN GUARD 6   BLACK ORC             1030 NONE
KOSIKA 5437             9  4 1 PRAETORIAN GUARD 6   RUBY 7659             1027 JUST REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DARK ARENA 2 was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
DARK DIAMOND 3 was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DARK DIAMOND 2 was easily killed by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
OCTAVIAN defeated RUBY in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Bloodfeud Title duel.
CATFISH devastated POLYXENA in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
KAIZAR was demolished by GALAXY LETTUCE in a 1 minute Challenge competition.
MOLDAVIUS vanquished ECLIPSE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
TREIRUS overpowered FLYING DUTCHMAN in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
LUCINCH overpowered SELENA in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
COG lost to ARTEMIS in a 1 minute duel.
HARLUNE defeated AJAX in a 2 minute duel.
BIG ROCK lost to ATTIS in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
DYNOMYTE overcame THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute bout.
CAMPY overpowered CASSIUS VARUS 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|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         WALL OF STEEL     16 -   4 -  0      80  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -   9 -  0      57  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  15 -  2      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         LUNGING ATTACK    30 -  28 -  3      52  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         AIMED BLOW        11 -  11 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         STRIKING ATTACK   23 -  33 -  1      41  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   5 -  0      17  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   3 -  0       0  |

Turn 1030 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    OCTAVIAN 5210              22   9  1  108 PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)
SLASHING ATTACK  TREIRUS 7466               14   8  0  108 WAR HAWKS (11)
STRIKING ATTACK  CATFISH 7639                8   1  0   94 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
LUNGING ATTACK   RUBY 7659                  10   6  2   88 THE RAZOR'S EDGE (246)
BASHING ATTACK   COG 7575                    7   3  1   57 WAR HAWKS (11)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is OCTAVIAN 5210.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was RUBY 7659.  The ten other most popular fighters were LUCINCH 5380, HARLUNE 7475, 
AJAX 7660, OCTAVIAN 5210, CATFISH 7639, GALAXY LETTUCE 7651, MOLDAVIUS 5672, TREIRUS 
7466, ARTEMIS 7657, and ATTIS 7565.

The least popular fighter this week was CASSIUS VARUS 7721.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ECLIPSE 7695, KAIZAR 5459, POLYXENA 7663, DARK DIAMOND 2 7719, 
DARK ARENA 2 7722, BIG ROCK 7076, COG 7575, SELENA 7020, FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642, and 
DARK DIAMOND 3 7720.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

OCTAVIAN (10-5210) PRAETORIAN GUARD (6)