DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 05/07/2025 Duedate: 05/20/2025 ARVAT ARENA DM 32 TURN 1016 This Week's Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS GREATER VRULL GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) (32-4375) [15-11-0,128] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader GREATER VRULL WHISTLE PIG GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555) (32-4375) [15-11-0,128] (32-7799) [3-1-0,40] Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite HAMMIR WRATH APOCALYPSE (385) ANGELS OF PAIN (360) (32-4475) [19-21-2,115] (32-7792) [7-2-0,77] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. APOCALYPSE (385) 35 2. DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 30 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 3. BLACK MOON RISING (559) 29 Unchartered Team 4. GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) 25 5. SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552) 18 BLACK MOON RISING (559) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2*BLACK MOON RISING (559) 8 2 0 80.0 1/ 1 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 11 4 1 2/ 0*SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552) 7 2 0 77.8 2/ 5*BLACK MOON RISING (559) 8 2 0 3/ 3 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) 2207 1377 109 61.6 3/ 2 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433) 8 7 0 4/ 1*RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555) 3 2 0 60.0 4/ 3 HELL'S HEROES (68) 6 7 0 5/ 4 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) 740 565 54 56.7 5/ 4 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) 6 9 0 6/ 5 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROE (391) 26 20 0 56.5 6/ 6 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) 5 4 0 7/ 6 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) 46 43 1 51.7 7/ 8 THE VALKYRIES (548) 4 4 0 8/ 7 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) 470 497 34 48.6 8/ 9 APOCALYPSE (385) 4 11 1 9/ 8 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433) 834 898 50 48.2 9/ 7 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROE (391) 2 1 0 10/ 9 APOCALYPSE (385) 174 230 13 43.1 10/ 0*SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552) 2 1 0 11/10 THE VALKYRIES (548) 61 98 5 38.4 11/12 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) 2 3 1 12/12 HELL'S HEROES (68) 124 205 4 37.7 12/10*RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555) 1 2 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again! What's a move up by 3 you ask? (alright, maybe you didn't ask) Cause for celebration, according to BLACK MOON RISING. APOCALYPSE had cause to celebrate, after HAMMIR got 26 points by beating PWCCA. SUPERMON certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to MICTIAN and losing 17 points in the process! The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as THEE UPTIGHT, MAJ faced ARVAT's Duelmaster. THEE UPTIGHT, MAJ found out that ARVAT isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! Word has it one team in ARVAT is taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death. I'll bet it works. And how sociable are ARVAT's warriors? Come, let us see. Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of DEATH BY DESIGN, alone and unchallenged. The warriors of DEATH BY DESIGN found their efforts at combat frustrated as SECRET SQUIRRELS apparently had more important things to do than fight. Is it charming personality? Conversational abilities? Good oral hygiene? Whatever it is, ARYA is the most challenged warrior. As a confidence booster, TOOTHY MAW challenged REAPER, down 19 points. Do you also slay vicious rodents in your spare time, TOOTHY MAW? TOOTHY MAW bested REAPER with a point difference of 19. So this is what ARVAT calls a duel. This will make an interesting tale. Willing to win at any cost is IRON TUSK, who challenged SNAPPER, 9 points junior. Our sympathies, SNAPPER! I thought IRON TUSK showed great skill and promise when he beat SNAPPER. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal! Ah, the duel! The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd! The audience gave a nice round of rasberries to PWCCA of HELL'S HEROES, for expiring in such an ungraceful fashion. 17-25-2, indeed! Oh hard! that to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting! Leave me now, you base fools! More important duties call me. Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid ARVAT farewell-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GREATER VRULL 4375 15 11 0 128 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HAMMIR 4475 19 21 2 115 APOCALYPSE (385) MATT FISTAFLES 7841 9 4 0 103 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) MICTIAN 7556 16 30 1 98 HELL'S HEROES (68) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -INFERNAL 7778 8 5 1 86 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) CHARDRAS 5003 12 2 0 84 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) DAGON 7564 13 32 0 82 HELL'S HEROES (68) WRATH 7792 7 2 0 77 ANGELS OF PAIN (360) SUPERMON 4573 10 6 0 74 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391) BALAAM 7638 18 15 0 69 HELL'S HEROES (68) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PLAGUE 5153 8 23 3 63 APOCALYPSE (385) MAT FISTAFLEAS 7853 5 3 0 63 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) ARI MANN 7894 4 0 0 59 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PICKLE PIE 7793 9 4 0 46 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) DEFCON ONE 7228 5 9 0 46 APOCALYPSE (385) STONE TEMPLE PILOT 7870 6 1 0 43 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433) SUSHI 7818 6 3 1 41 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) BATMON 4574 6 5 0 41 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391) WHISTLE PIG 7799 3 1 0 40 RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME A.Z. ZELL 7867 5 4 1 33 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) INDI 7779 4 10 1 33 THE VALKYRIES (548) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DRY RUB 7724 4 1 0 32 SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552) LEAKY SPOON 7819 5 4 1 29 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) BIFF HOMMET 7890 3 2 0 29 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) RUMORS OF WAR 7212 3 11 0 28 APOCALYPSE (385) FAYE 7765 5 10 0 25 THE VALKYRIES (548) TOOTHY MAW 7885 2 0 0 25 BLACK MOON RISING (559) ARYA 7839 5 2 0 24 THE VALKYRIES (548) IRON TUSK 7887 2 0 0 24 BLACK MOON RISING (559) MORTAL COIL 7886 2 0 0 24 BLACK MOON RISING (559) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CIVIL OPS 7855 6 5 0 23 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433) THE USURPER 7883 2 0 0 21 BLACK MOON RISING (559) FURIOSA 7813 4 6 0 18 THE VALKYRIES (548) SPACHCOCK 7726 2 1 0 17 SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552) MARTIAN MONHUNTER 7865 1 0 0 17 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391) MEAT CHURCH 7728 1 0 0 17 SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552) ROADRUNNER GUNNOR 7896 1 3 0 13 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433) SNAPPER 7878 2 5 1 12 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) THE CONTINGENCY 7898 1 2 0 9 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) EMBERGLOW 7884 0 2 0 8 BLACK MOON RISING (559) REAPER 7900 0 2 0 2 APOCALYPSE (385) MORNINGSTAR 7903 0 1 0 1 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? DA1 7906 0 1 0 GEMSTONE BEASTS 362 SHEWISH GIANT 1016 NONE VESPERTI 7862 0 5 0 GEMSTONE BEASTS 362 A.Z. ZELL 7867 1015 PWCCA 7553 17 25 2 HELL'S HEROES 68 HAMMIR 4475 1016 TUNRIDA 7655 11 10 0 HELL'S HEROES 68 INFERNAL 7778 1014 CHEAP STUFF 7800 0 1 0 RYES OF THE ROBO 555 ARENAMISTRESS SU 1016 NONE PERSONAL ADS Arvat -- We have arrived...After picking up some tourney experience, turn one went very well other than almost all matchups with standins, and a loss on the only real fight LOL! But hopefully initiates will be filling up soon with more competition. I have decided to make Arvat my new second home after Sunset, and I very much look forward to crossing blades with you all in this storied arena filled with formidable managers! Blades UP!! -- Stik and Black Moon Rising LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS CHEAP STUFF was butchered by ARENAMISTRESS SUGAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. DA1 was murdered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee. THEE UPTIGHT, MAJ was demolished by GREATER VRULL in a 1 minute Challenge Title fight. HAMMIR butchered PWCCA in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest. PLAGUE was luckily beaten by DAGON in a 1 minute master's Challenge match. FAYE was vanquished by DEFCON ONE in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. IRON TUSK bested SNAPPER in a 2 minute Challenge competition. CIVIL OPS was overpowered by INDI in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee. TOOTHY MAW vanquished REAPER in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel. MORTAL COIL overpowered THE CONTINGENCY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel. ROADRUNNER GUNNOR was luckily beaten by ARYA in a exciting 2 minute Challenge fight. SUPERMON was handily defeated by MICTIAN in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout. MATT FISTAFLES demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute mismatched competition. CHARDRAS viciously subdued MAT FISTAFLEAS in a 2 minute one-sided battle. BALAAM was viciously subdued by WRATH in a action packed 3 minute veteran's conflict. STONE TEMPLE PILOT unbelievably bested AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 5 minute duel. LEAKY SPOON was beaten by BATMON in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody brawl. ARI MANN overpowered WHISTLE PIG in a 1 minute one-sided bout. PICKLE PIE savagely defeated BIFF HOMMET in a 7 minute veteran vs. novice bout. RUMORS OF WAR was devastated by SUSHI in a 1 minute one-sided bout. SPACHCOCK was vanquished by A.Z. ZELL in a 1 minute one-sided match. DRY RUB handily defeated FURIOSA in a 1 minute uneven duel. EMBERGLOW was viciously subdued by MARTIAN MONHUNTER in a exciting 4 minute gory bout. THE USURPER overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel. MEAT CHURCH overpowered MORNINGSTAR 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| |LUNGING ATTACK 10 SLASHING ATTACK 26 - 14 - 2 65 | |STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 16 - 0 59 | |AIMED BLOW 7 STRIKING ATTACK 37 - 29 - 2 56 | |SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 12 - 10 - 1 55 | |TOTAL PARRY 5 LUNGING ATTACK 41 - 36 - 1 53 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 4 - 0 43 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 17 - 31 - 0 35 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 7 - 16 - 0 30 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 12 - 0 29 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 6 - 0 14 | Turn 1016 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 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 2 - 5 5 LUNGING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 2 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 BASHING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK GREATER VRULL 4375 15 11 0 128 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) STRIKING ATTACK MATT FISTAFLES 7841 9 4 0 103 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) TOTAL PARRY BALAAM 7638 18 15 0 69 HELL'S HEROES (68) AIMED BLOW MAT FISTAFLEAS 7853 5 3 0 63 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105) SLASHING ATTACK SUSHI 7818 6 3 1 41 DEATH BY DESIGN (264) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is HAMMIR 4475. The most popular warrior this turn was WRATH 7792. The ten other most popular fighters were PICKLE PIE 7793, MARTIAN MONHUNTER 7865, ROADRUNNER GUNNOR 7896, BIFF HOMMET 7890, CHARDRAS 5003, DEFCON ONE 7228, SNAPPER 7878, BATMON 4574, PLAGUE 5153, and IRON TUSK 7887. The least popular fighter this week was MORNINGSTAR 7903. The other ten least popular fighters were FURIOSA 7813, RUMORS OF WAR 7212, WHISTLE PIG 7799, THE CONTINGENCY 7898, REAPER 7900, CIVIL OPS 7855, DA1 7906, THE USURPER 7883, EMBERGLOW 7884, and A.Z. ZELL 7867. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: GREATER VRULL (32-4375) GEMSTONE BEASTS (362) The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: THEE UPTIGHT, MAJ (32-7781) SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)