DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/10/2025    Duedate: 09/23/2025

ARVAT ARENA

DM 32    TURN 1025

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DEFCON ONE
APOCALYPSE (385)
(32-7228) [11-12-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DEFCON ONE                     WHISTLE PIG
APOCALYPSE (385)               RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555)
(32-7228) [11-12-0,110]        (32-7799) [5-3-0,69]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

GULLFOSS                       MARTIAN MONHUNTER
THE VALKYRIES (548)            JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)
(32-7650) [17-16-1,98]         (32-7865) [7-2-0,83]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)    42 
2. SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)        40    SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552)
3. DEATH BY DESIGN (264)         30    Unchartered Team
4. HELL'S HEROES (68)            18 
5. APOCALYPSE (385)              17    RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552)     11   6  0 64.7   1/ 1 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)    9  6 2
 2/ 2 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)    2226 1403 110 61.3   2/ 2 APOCALYPSE (385)          9  6 0
 3/ 3 BLACK MOON RISING (559)   29  20  1 59.2   3/ 5 BLACK MOON RISING (559)   8  6 1
 4/ 4 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROE (391) 46  33  1 58.2   4/ 4 DEATH BY DESIGN (264)     8  7 0
 5/ 5 ANGELS OF PAIN (360)     745 567 54 56.8   5/ 3 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)     7  8 1
 6/ 7*RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555)   5   4  0 55.6   6/11 PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     5  2 0
 7/ 6 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362)     55  51  2 51.9   7/ 6 JAMAICAN SUPERHEROE (391) 5  4 0
 8/ 8 DEATH BY DESIGN (264)    495 517 36 48.9   8/10*KNIGHT LIFE (562)         5 10 0
 9/ 9 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)   857 920 53 48.2   9/12 HELL'S HEROES (68)        4 11 2
10/10 PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     78  86  7 47.6  10/ 7 GEMSTONE BEASTS (362)     3  5 0
11/11 APOCALYPSE (385)         198 249 13 44.3  11/ 8 THE VALKYRIES (548)       3  5 0
12/12 THE VALKYRIES (548)       70 117  5 37.4  12/ 9 ANGELS OF PAIN (360)      2  1 0
13/13 HELL'S HEROES (68)       137 231  7 37.2  13/14 SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552)     2  1 0
14/14*KNIGHT LIFE (562)          5  10  0 33.3  14/13*RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555)  2  1 0
15/15*HOTTIES (563)              0   8  0  0.0  15/15*HOTTIES (563)             0  8 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.

Infernal chuckled evilly.  His plan was coming to fruition.

He wasn't certain why, but total annihilation of the Arvat arena amused him.  He had 
no greater ambition than to burn it to cinders -- to grind it to ashes.

That said, he wasn't likely to achieve that goal.  Rather, he was approaching his 
invitation to the games on the Isle of the Eye.  Soon that honor would fall to him...  
Ah well.  Take the small victories...

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
ARVAT brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  PHILANTHROPISTS turned their 3-2-0 
turn into a 6th place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you 
get put on hit lists.  Gee, I'm impressed, a 4-1-0 is nice, but don't get cocky, 
DEATH BY DESIGN, the Fates teach humility, and the Fates are proud.  Tsk, tsk, THE 
CONTINGENCY beat ZEHRIN and ZEHRIN lost 12 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  And 
it's out with the old, in with the new, as DEFCON ONE takes the Title and last week's 
bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  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, ARVAT?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
ARVAT, I am losing what little hope I had in you.  DEATH BY DESIGN the most avoided 
team?  What insult will suffice, I cannot say.  And it looks like JAMAICAN 
SUPERHEROES avoided them the most this turn.  What a pack of would be losers, if you 
ask me.  Hmph.  SWERK was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now 
was the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.  I guess I can give a little credit to 
MARTIAN MONHUNTER of JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES for challenging up by 22 to BALAAM.  
MARTIAN MONHUNTER won to get 83 points of recognition.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Gee, THE VALKYRIES, ain't it past due for sending 
INDI Dark Arena?  What took ol' '5-13-1' so long?  Hope?  Ha ha aha ha!  I could say 
I saw this coming, but so could anyone else.  Anyway, this turn it came.  ARYA's 
5-7-0 has earned her the Dark Arena.  Nipped in the bud, you might say, was N'ECARE 
of GEMSTONE BEASTS this turn.  Course, I wouldn't say that, so much as have a belly 
laugh.  Heh heh.  Not that I'll be buying the drinks, but I'll be glad to see HURLY 
BURLY and BLACK MOON RISING at The Dripping Blade tonight celebrating their bloodfeud 
victory over KAMI KAHZE.  It's about time DEE YEVELWON got beat for picking on 
warriors like SIR RENDER.  Bravo, KNIGHT LIFE.  See you at The Dripping Blade.  Honor 
is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use.  Certain nameless cowards will 
doubtless rebuke me on this one.   
     There's got to be a better place in ARVAT to get a drink than The Dripping 
Blade!  Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city 
of ARVAT.  I feel much better now.  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide 
Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DEFCON ONE 7228              11  12  0 110         APOCALYPSE (385)          

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SWERK 5206                   12   6  0 105         PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     
 MAT FISTAFLEAS 7853          12   5  0 100         DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)     
 GULLFOSS 7650                17  16  1  98         THE VALKYRIES (548)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAGON 7564                   16  38  0  86         HELL'S HEROES (68)        
 INFERNAL 7778                11   6  1  86         ANGELS OF PAIN (360)      
 MARTIAN MONHUNTER 7865        7   2  0  83         JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)
 BALAAM 7638                  20  22  0  82         HELL'S HEROES (68)        
 PICKLE PIE 7793              15   7  0  81         DEATH BY DESIGN (264)     
 KOALLAFIED BADA$$ 7919        7   1  0  80         SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)    

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUMORS OF WAR 7212           10  13  0  77         APOCALYPSE (385)          
 PLAGUE 5153                  11  29  3  73         APOCALYPSE (385)          
 SNIPER KOALAFIED 7916         6   2  1  72         SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)    
 WHISTLE PIG 7799              5   3  0  69         RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555)  

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LEAKY SPOON 7819             12   6  2  64         DEATH BY DESIGN (264)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IRON TUSK 7887                7   3  0  49         BLACK MOON RISING (559)   
 A.Z. ZELL 7867                9   9  1  48         DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)     
 SPACHCOCK 7726                5   4  0  48         SMOKIN' CHICKEN (552)     
 SUSHI 7818                    9   9  2  44         DEATH BY DESIGN (264)     
 SNAPPER 7878                  7   9  1  39         DEATH BY DESIGN (264)     
 FAYE 7765                     8  13  0  37         THE VALKYRIES (548)       
 HURLY BURLY 7927              5   0  1  36         BLACK MOON RISING (559)   
 SIR RENDER 7950               3   0  0  34         KNIGHT LIFE (562)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE CONTINGENCY 7898          5   7  0  33         DEATH BY DESIGN (264)     
 EMBERGLOW 7884                3   7  0  33         BLACK MOON RISING (559)   
 TOOTHY MAW 7885               6   4  0  30         BLACK MOON RISING (559)   
 FURIOSA 7813                  6  10  0  28         THE VALKYRIES (548)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ABI WAN KENOBI 7259           2   0  0  23         PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     
 DEE YEVELWON 7946             3   1  1  22         DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)     
 BUTTERFLY EFFECT 7954         3   1  0  22         APOCALYPSE (385)          
 SEVENTH SEAL 7955             3   1  0  21         APOCALYPSE (385)          
 MANIA 7923                    3   2  2  18         HELL'S HEROES (68)        
 MANTUS 7924                   2   3  1  18         HELL'S HEROES (68)        
 E.O.D. 7945                   3   1  1  15         SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)    
 MON-THING 7930                2   1  0  15         JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)
-CAPTNSTABN 7905               1   1  0  15         GEMSTONE BEASTS (362)     
 ZEHRIN 6342                   3   1  0  14         PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     
 WAR CHIEF 7971                1   0  0  13         SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)    
 NIJA 7915                     2   6  0  12         HELL'S HEROES (68)        
 PLASTIC MON 7866              2   1  0  10         JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)
 MULTIPLE MON 7960             1   0  0  10         JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)
 SIR CHARGE 7948               1   2  0   7         KNIGHT LIFE (562)         
-SARA MICKEY YELLER 7963       0   1  0   7         HOTTIES (563)             
 OWENDAL 6513                  1   1  0   6         PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     
 LUCY BOULDERS 7961            0   2  0   6         HOTTIES (563)             
 ANGELINA JOKELEE 7965         0   2  0   6         HOTTIES (563)             
 ALYSSA MELLOW 7964            0   2  0   4         HOTTIES (563)             
 SAINT ANN 7958                0   3  0   3         DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)     
 MEAN GENOBE 7260              0   1  0   1         PHILANTHROPISTS (368)     
 SIR JECKLE 7975               0   1  0   1         KNIGHT LIFE (562)         
 HAWKMON 7974                  0   1  0   1         JAMAICAN SUPERHEROES (391)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
STEAMBREATHER 7926      1  3 0 BLACK MOON RISIN 559 KAMI KAHZE 7953       1024 JUST REVENGED
EVIL 7970               0  1 0 DEVIL ADVOCATES 105  HIGH ELF              1025 NONE
GRAHNK 7973             0  1 0 GEMSTONE BEASTS 362  MOUNTAIN TROLL        1025 NONE
N'ECARE 7956            2  1 0 GEMSTONE BEASTS 362  MANTUS 7924           1025  
JESSICA MELBA TO 7962   0  1 0 HOTTIES 563          MANIA 7923            1024  
DA FODDER 7976          0  1 0 KNIGHT LIFE 562      MOUNTAIN TROLL        1025 NONE
SIR DARYA 7947          1  2 0 KNIGHT LIFE 562      E.O.D. 7945           1025  
SIR KILL 7966           0  1 0 KNIGHT LIFE 562      DEE YEVELWON 7946     1024 JUST REVENGED
KAMI KAHZE 7953         2  2 1 SECRET SQUIRRELS 433 HURLY BURLY 7927      1025  
ARYA 7839               5  8 0 THE VALKYRIES 548    MOUNTAIN TROLL        1025 NONE

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
INDI 7779               5 14 1 THE VALKYRIES 548    STONE GOLEM           1025 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

INDI was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
ARYA was slaughtered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
DA FODDER was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
EVIL was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena brawl.
GRAHNK was savagely slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena fight.
SIR RENDER bested DEE YEVELWON in a popular 1 minute beginner's Bloodfeud brawl.
ALYSSA MELLOW was viciously subdued by MANIA in a 2 minute amateur's Bloodfeud match.
GULLFOSS overpowered RUMORS OF WAR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
MARTIAN MONHUNTER vanquished BALAAM in a popular 3 minute uneven Challenge duel.
KOALLAFIED BADA$$ vanquished PLAGUE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
A.Z. ZELL beat FAYE in a popular 2 minute Challenge melee.
KAMI KAHZE was assassinated by HURLY BURLY in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge match.
MON-THING devastated LUCY BOULDERS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
PLASTIC MON was savagely defeated by BUTTERFLY EFFECT in a 2 minute Challenge match.
INFERNAL was handily defeated by DEFCON ONE in a 1 minute one-sided Title conflict.
SWERK defeated SNIPER KOALAFIED in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
MAT FISTAFLEAS handily defeated DAGON in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
PICKLE PIE slimly won victory over VENOMOUS GIGOLO in a 4 minute veteran's brawl.
LEAKY SPOON overpowered EMBERGLOW in a 1 minute gory one-sided bout.
WHISTLE PIG handily defeated SNAPPER in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SPACHCOCK overpowered FURIOSA in a 1 minute uneven fight.
IRON TUSK subdued AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute bout.
TOOTHY MAW was viciously subdued by SUSHI in a action packed 1 minute bloody duel.
ZEHRIN was overpowered by THE CONTINGENCY in a 1 minute one-sided match.
NIJA was savagely defeated by ABI WAN KENOBI in a exciting 3 minute gory duel.
E.O.D. dispatched SIR DARYA in a 1 minute novice's fight.
SIR CHARGE subdued HAWKMON in a action packed 1 minute novice's melee.
MANTUS viciously butchered N'ECARE in a exciting 1 minute bloody beginner's bout.
OWENDAL won victory over SIR JECKLE in a 1 minute novice's bout.
SEVENTH SEAL overpowered SAINT ANN in a 1 minute uneven duel.
ANGELINA JOKELEE was overpowered by WAR CHIEF in a 1 minute one-sided match.
MULTIPLE MON overpowered MEAN GENOBE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                 10         WALL OF STEEL     28 -  14 -  1      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       9         LUNGING ATTACK    44 -  28 -  2      61  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         STRIKING ATTACK   38 -  35 -  2      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         SLASHING ATTACK   31 -  33 -  6      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         AIMED BLOW        28 -  34 -  1      45  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    7         TOTAL PARRY       17 -  26 -  0      40  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   6 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         BASHING ATTACK    13 -  29 -  0      31  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-LUNGE        6 -  15 -  1      29  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1025 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     6 -  2     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         3  AIMED BLOW     
SLASHING ATTACK    6 -  4     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  7         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      4 -  3     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  3         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         5 -  4     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     4 -  4     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    SWERK 5206                 12   6  0  105 PHILANTHROPISTS (368)
AIMED BLOW       MAT FISTAFLEAS 7853        12   5  0  100 DEVIL ADVOCATES (105)
BASHING ATTACK   GULLFOSS 7650              17  16  1   98 THE VALKYRIES (548)
STRIKING ATTACK  INFERNAL 7778              11   6  1   86 ANGELS OF PAIN (360)
TOTAL PARRY      PICKLE PIE 7793            15   7  0   81 DEATH BY DESIGN (264)
LUNGING ATTACK   KOALLAFIED BADA$$ 7919      7   1  0   80 SECRET SQUIRRELS (433)
SLASHING ATTACK  WHISTLE PIG 7799            5   3  0   69 RYES OF THE ROBOTS (555)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GULLFOSS 7650.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was MARTIAN MONHUNTER 7865.  The ten other most popular fighters were ABI WAN KENOBI 
7259, A.Z. ZELL 7867, INDI 7779, DEFCON ONE 7228, PICKLE PIE 7793, KAMI KAHZE 7953, 
BUTTERFLY EFFECT 7954, SUSHI 7818, MANTUS 7924, and SIR RENDER 7950.

The least popular fighter this week was ANGELINA JOKELEE 7965.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were SAINT ANN 7958, SIR DARYA 7947, ZEHRIN 6342, FURIOSA 7813, 
SNAPPER 7878, EMBERGLOW 7884, DAGON 7564, LUCY BOULDERS 7961, PLAGUE 5153, and EVIL 
7970.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SWERK (32-5206) PHILANTHROPISTS (368)