DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/04/2025    Duedate: 09/17/2025

CLIFFHOME ARENA

DM 38    TURN 990

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ICARUS
PLAYHOUSE II (507)
(38-5842) [8-0-0,124]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

EAGLE VISION                   ICARUS
EAGLES CLAW (47)               PLAYHOUSE II (507)
(38-5904) [14-8-1,96]          (38-5842) [8-0-0,124]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

FOXY BROWN                     AESIRA
U.A.K. (92)                    LUNATIC RANCH (515)
(38-5721) [12-12-0,62]         (38-5931) [5-3-2,49]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

EAGLES CLAW (47)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BATTLE BLADES (420)           31 
2. THE WATCHMEN (363)            28    THE WATCHMEN (363)
3. FAR TRAVELERS (510)           20    Unchartered Team
4. EAGLES CLAW (47)              16 
5. PLAYHOUSE II (507)            13    PLAYHOUSE II (507)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2 THE WATCHMEN (363)       205 133  9 60.7   1/ 2 EAGLES CLAW (47)          8  7 0
 2/ 6*PLAYHOUSE II (507)         8   6  0 57.1   2/ 3*LUNATIC RANCH (515)       6  7 0
 3/ 4 EAGLES CLAW (47)         1229 969 87 55.9   3/ 4 FAR TRAVELERS (510)       5  0 0
 4/ 3 U.A.K. (92)              586 463 32 55.9   4/ 6 THE WATCHMEN (363)        5 10 0
 5/ 7 FAR TRAVELERS (510)       30  25  2 54.5   5/ 1 U.A.K. (92)               4  8 0
 6- 5 ASSASSINS (505)           40  34  1 54.1   6/ 7*PLAYHOUSE II (507)        3  2 0
 7/ 0 BATTLE BLADES (420)       85  83  2 50.6   7/ 0 BATTLE BLADES (420)       2  1 0
 8/ 1*PAPER TIGERS 25.1 (516)    2   2  0 50.0   8- 5 ASSASSINS (505)           2  2 0
 9/ 8*LUNATIC RANCH (515)       13  14  3 48.1   9/ 8*PAPER TIGERS 25.1 (516)   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

     Greetings, Warriors of CLIFFHOME.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Nothing is certain 
in CLIFFHOME, with changing loyalties, changing Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new 
top team--EAGLES CLAW.  He who laughs last didn't get the joke.  Speaking of laughing 
at jokes, observe U.A.K..  Last week they got 0-4-0 to drop by 4!  BATTLE BLADES had 
cause to celebrate, after ALYX got 17 points by beating CRANK.  DR. MANHATTAN 
certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to PHAEDREN and losing 9 
points in the process!  The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as RAPPIN 
DUKE faced CLIFFHOME's Duelmaster.  Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were 
disappointed by RAPPIN DUKE, of U.A.K., who despite a 13-8-2 couldn't overcome 
CLIFFHOME's Number 1.  So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week 
and ordering milk?  Sounds like a PR stunt to me.   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Perhaps the warriors of THE WATCHMEN 
should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  As a woman of good 
breeding scorns the "warriors" of U.A.K., so did that sorry team shy from THE 
WATCHMEN Is it charming personality?  Conversational abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  
Whatever it is, SISTER NIGHT is the most challenged warrior.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the 
arena.  A certain tavern in CLIFFHOME would I avoid!   
     All good things must come to an end.  Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards 
fat!  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid CLIFFHOME farewell-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ICARUS 5842                   8   0  0 124         PLAYHOUSE II (507)        

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EAGLE VISION 5904            14   8  1  96         EAGLES CLAW (47)          
 SISTER NIGHT 5854            14  17  1  92         THE WATCHMEN (363)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAPPIN DUKE 5724             13   8  2  89         U.A.K. (92)               
 CHENAYA KOR 5870              7   3  0  83         FAR TRAVELERS (510)       
 PHAEDREN 5883                 6   2  0  78         FAR TRAVELERS (510)       
 HAYS 5725                    11   9  1  71         U.A.K. (92)               

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RORSCHACH 5852               13  19  0  62         THE WATCHMEN (363)        
 FOXY BROWN 5721              12  12  0  62         U.A.K. (92)               
 DESTINY 5893                 13  16  0  60         EAGLES CLAW (47)          

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DR. MANHATTAN 5900           14  12  0  56         THE WATCHMEN (363)        
-AKIMOTO 5828                  9   5  0  56         ASSASSINS (505)           
-FRANCOLO SUR 5869             5   1  2  54         FAR TRAVELERS (510)       
 AESIRA 5931                   5   3  2  49         LUNATIC RANCH (515)       
-MUSASHI 5826                  9   4  0  47         ASSASSINS (505)           
 HOODED JUSTICE 5940           4   3  0  39         THE WATCHMEN (363)        
 DESALVO 5932                  5   3  1  35         LUNATIC RANCH (515)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914         6   6  0  32         EAGLES CLAW (47)          
-NINJA 5838                    7   3  0  24         ASSASSINS (505)           
 CAPTAIN METROPOLIS 5941       3   4  0  24         THE WATCHMEN (363)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ONE YUPPIE ARMY 5948          2   2  0  22         PAPER TIGERS 25.1 (516)   
 MANSON 5933                   1   4  0  17         LUNATIC RANCH (515)       
 ALYX 4755                     1   0  0  17         BATTLE BLADES (420)       
 HULK HOGAN 5758               4   4  0  16         U.A.K. (92)               
-HANZO 5939                    2   2  0  15         ASSASSINS (505)           
 GACY 5961                     1   0  0  10         LUNATIC RANCH (515)       
 ATHOS 4749                    1   0  0   9         BATTLE BLADES (420)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CRANK 5943                    1   1  0   8         LUNATIC RANCH (515)       
 BATTERING RAM 5960            1   2  0   5         EAGLES CLAW (47)          
 GORN 4753                     0   1  0   5         BATTLE BLADES (420)       

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
THE SCEPTRE 5959        0  3 0 EAGLES CLAW 47       STONE GOLEM            990 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

THE SCEPTRE was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
RAPPIN DUKE was devastated by ICARUS in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge Title duel.
FOXY BROWN was handily defeated by SISTER NIGHT in a 1 minute Challenge match.
PHAEDREN vanquished DR. MANHATTAN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
ONE YUPPIE ARMY was defeated by DESALVO in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
HAYS was savagely defeated by CHENAYA KOR in a 2 minute bloody competition.
EAGLE VISION vanquished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
DESTINY beat AESIRA in a popular 3 minute mismatched brawl.
EAGLES SB CHAMPS was handily defeated by RORSCHACH in a 1 minute uneven melee.
HULK HOGAN was vanquished by HOODED JUSTICE in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
MANSON lost to CAPTAIN METROPOLIS in a 4 minute gory fight.
BATTERING RAM was beaten by ATHOS in a 2 minute novice's melee.
CRANK was overpowered by ALYX in a 1 minute one-sided match.
GORN was devastated by GACY in a 1 minute brutal mismatched conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   9         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -   4 -  1      71  |
|AIMED BLOW                       5         LUNGING ATTACK    39 -  28 -  3      58  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  15 -  1      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        22 -  27 -  0      45  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   9 -  0      44  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  11 -  0      42  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK     4 -  11 -  0      27  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 990 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        3 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  7         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  SLASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
AIMED BLOW         3 -  2     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  2         2  BASHING ATTACK 
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  ICARUS 5842                 8   0  0  124 PLAYHOUSE II (507)
SLASHING ATTACK  EAGLE VISION 5904          14   8  1   96 EAGLES CLAW (47)
LUNGING ATTACK   RAPPIN DUKE 5724           13   8  2   89 U.A.K. (92)
PARRY-LUNGE      CHENAYA KOR 5870            7   3  0   83 FAR TRAVELERS (510)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   HAYS 5725                  11   9  1   71 U.A.K. (92)
AIMED BLOW       DR. MANHATTAN 5900         14  12  0   56 THE WATCHMEN (363)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is FOXY BROWN 5721.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was AESIRA 5931.  The ten other most popular fighters were CHENAYA KOR 5870, ATHOS 
4749, THE SCEPTRE 5959, ICARUS 5842, DESALVO 5932, EAGLE VISION 5904, DESTINY 5893, 
HOODED JUSTICE 5940, SISTER NIGHT 5854, and PHAEDREN 5883.

The least popular fighter this week was GORN 4753.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were CRANK 5943, HULK HOGAN 5758, EAGLES SB CHAMPS 5914, DR. MANHATTAN 5900, 
RAPPIN DUKE 5724, HAYS 5725, FOXY BROWN 5721, GACY 5961, ALYX 4755, and BATTERING RAM 
5960.