DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 05/08/2025    Duedate: 05/21/2025

ROCANIS ARENA

DM 56    TURN 894

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

MOULDY ROGUE
BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)
(56-5124) [15-14-0,118]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

MOULDY ROGUE                   TWO BUCK CHUCK
BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)          TOTAL WHINE (516)
(56-5124) [15-14-0,118]        (56-5158) [7-0-0,75]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MOULDY ROGUE                   ANDRONIKA
BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)          ALLIANCE (455)
(56-5124) [15-14-0,118]        (56-5178) [8-5-2,57]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ALLIANCE (455)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)        33 
2. ALLIANCE (455)                24    KNIGHTS OF NI (19)
3. THIS MODERN WORLD (520)       12    Unchartered Team
4. TOTAL WHINE (516)             12 
5. KNIGHTS OF NI (19)            11    CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 PROJECT MAYHEM 136 (487)  36  13  2 73.5   1/ 2 ALLIANCE (455)            9  6 1
 2/ 4*CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)     4   2  2 66.7   2- 1 INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    6  4 0
 3/ 0*PHIL'S BREWING (507)       7   4  0 63.6   3/ 4 BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     4  9 0
 4- 2 INCONSISTENT FURY (20)   670 475 54 58.5   4/ 7*CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)    3  0 2
 5/ 3 KNIGHTS OF NI (19)       641 580 39 52.5   5/ 8*TOTAL WHINE (516)         2  0 0
 6/ 5 ALLIANCE (455)            34  34  6 50.0   6/ 3 KNIGHTS OF NI (19)        2  2 0
 7/ 0*THIS MODERN WORLD (520)    5   5  1 50.0   7- 6 PROJECT MAYHEM 136 (487)  1  0 1
 8/ 6 BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     64  70  2 47.8   8/ 0*THIS MODERN WORLD (520)   1  1 0
 9/ 9*TOTAL WHINE (516)          7   8  0 46.7   9/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)       1  2 0
10/ 7 MIDDLE WAY 20 (435)      744 870 23 46.1  10/ 5*HDT SERVICE 06 (518)      1  4 0
11/ 8*HDT SERVICE 06 (518)       5   7  0 41.7  11/ 0*PHIL'S BREWING (507)      0  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 ROCANIS.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Nothing is certain 
in ROCANIS, with changing loyalties, changing Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new top 
team--ALLIANCE.  Those betting on HDT SERVICE 06 lost their shirt, as HDT SERVICE 06 
lost their fighting abilities:  0-1-0.  Nothing works for a team like victory (How's 
that for a perceptive observation?) as CHRISTMAS CURSES can attest...  Practice pays 
for LUMP O COAL, who pummelled HOPOCALYPSE, to pocket 19 points.  THE HERRING 
certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to BELLONA and losing 12 
points in the process!  Can you believe it?  PINECONE CHARLY apparently has better 
things to do as ROCANIS' Duelmaster than show up and fight!  In ROCANIS, nothing is 
permanent (except Death), and we find ourselves a new Duelmaster, MOULDY ROGUE.  So 
who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds 
like a PR stunt to me.   
     And how sociable are ROCANIS' warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Sober up, 
young warriors, and take note of HOPOCALYPSE's fate!  LUMP O COAL of CHRISTMAS CURSES 
handily did her in.  Experience counts for something on ROCANIS' sands.  Ask not for 
whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat!  
Can anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for ROCANIS?  On that 
giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOULDY ROGUE 5124            15  14  0 118         BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GOBLINA HAYHIL 4379          16   7  3  87         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
 SIR BEDIVERE 5070             7   2  2  81         KNIGHTS OF NI (19)        
 TWO BUCK CHUCK 5158           7   0  0  75         TOTAL WHINE (516)         
 FLAP-DRAGON 5104             12  24  0  67         BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     
 ZERIA 5174                   10   4  1  67         ALLIANCE (455)            

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ANDRONIKA 5178                8   5  2  57         ALLIANCE (455)            
 BELLONA 5175                  7   6  2  57         ALLIANCE (455)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VENOMOUS CUR 5170             5   2  0  53         BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     
 LUMP O COAL 5102              3   1  1  50         CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)    
 ZOOT 5066                     7   7  0  44         KNIGHTS OF NI (19)        
 THE HERRING 5080              6   2  1  43         KNIGHTS OF NI (19)        
 FAITHFUL SORROW 5200          5   4  0  41         HDT SERVICE 06 (518)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RAMBO WANNABE 5219            1   2  1  31         THIS MODERN WORLD (520)   
 DRONE DELIVERY 5220           2   0  0  30         THIS MODERN WORLD (520)   

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BEECE BUNNIE 5205             4   5  0  23         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
 NO SNO 4 U 5099               1   1  1  21         CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)    
 FOBBING PUMPION 5206          5   4  0  20         BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)     
 VIOLET ARC 5193               2  10  0  20         ALLIANCE (455)            
 XERO THE HERO 5234            2   1  0  20         ALLIANCE (455)            
-JAY T SMOOTH 5235             1   0  0  18         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
-DAX STIGLOW 5231              1   3  1  11         INCONSISTENT FURY (20)    
 HERBERT 5239                  0   1  0   1         KNIGHTS OF NI (19)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ELPIS 5177              5  6 1 ALLIANCE 455         DAX STIGLOW 5231       891 REVENGED

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MUDDY NICKERS 5236      0  1 0 BARDIC FLAPPERY 510  NAIRON                 894 NONE
WHETSTONE 5230          2  3 0 MIDDLE WAY 20 435    NO SNO 4 U 5099        894  
HOPOCALYPSE 5084        3  2 0 PHIL'S BREWING 507   LUMP O COAL 5102       894  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MUDDY NICKERS was butchered by NAIRON in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
MOULDY ROGUE viciously subdued ROCANI TURNCOAT in a 2 minute expert's Title battle.
FLAP-DRAGON was defeated by TWO BUCK CHUCK in a 1 minute duel.
SIR BEDIVERE bested ZERIA in a popular 1 minute contest.
VENOMOUS CUR defeated RAMBO WANNABE in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
FAITHFUL SORROW was bested by ANDRONIKA in a popular 2 minute duel.
THE HERRING was bested by BELLONA in a 1 minute match.
HOPOCALYPSE was dealt death by LUMP O COAL in a 2 minute gory competition.
FOBBING PUMPION was handily defeated by ZOOT in a 2 minute uneven melee.
DRONE DELIVERY vanquished VIOLET ARC in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
NO SNO 4 U slaughtered WHETSTONE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
XERO THE HERO overpowered HERBERT in a 1 minute uneven match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   1 -  0      83  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   3 -  2      73  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  12 -  3      54  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         AIMED BLOW        22 -  20 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -  20 -  1      46  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -  13 -  2      43  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         STRIKING ATTACK    5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   3 -  0      40  |

Turn 894 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     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  2                                       1  PARRY-STRIKE   
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1                                       1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   MOULDY ROGUE 5124          15  14  0  118 BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)
WALL OF STEEL    SIR BEDIVERE 5070           7   2  2   81 KNIGHTS OF NI (19)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TWO BUCK CHUCK 5158         7   0  0   75 TOTAL WHINE (516)
PARRY-STRIKE     ZERIA 5174                 10   4  1   67 ALLIANCE (455)
STRIKING ATTACK  ANDRONIKA 5178              8   5  2   57 ALLIANCE (455)
BASHING ATTACK   BELLONA 5175                7   6  2   57 ALLIANCE (455)
AIMED BLOW       VENOMOUS CUR 5170           5   2  0   53 BARDIC FLAPPERY (510)
SLASHING ATTACK  LUMP O COAL 5102            3   1  1   50 CHRISTMAS CURSES (509)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
The overall popularity leader is MOULDY ROGUE 5124.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ANDRONIKA 5178.  The ten other most popular fighters were MOULDY ROGUE 5124, 
FAITHFUL SORROW 5200, ZOOT 5066, VENOMOUS CUR 5170, LUMP O COAL 5102, TWO BUCK CHUCK 
5158, SIR BEDIVERE 5070, ZERIA 5174, BELLONA 5175, and FOBBING PUMPION 5206.

The least popular fighter this week was HERBERT 5239.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were WHETSTONE 5230, VIOLET ARC 5193, THE HERRING 5080, FLAP-DRAGON 5104, 
MUDDY NICKERS 5236, HOPOCALYPSE 5084, RAMBO WANNABE 5219, XERO THE HERO 5234, NO SNO 
4 U 5099, and DRONE DELIVERY 5220.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

PINECONE CHARLY (56-4358) INCONSISTENT FURY (20)