DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/08/2025    Duedate: 07/21/2025

AMEN-TEI ARENA

DM 63    TURN 865

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BOBBIE BRISKET
FRESH MEAT (411)
(63-3832) [11-10-1,99]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BOBBIE BRISKET                 POSITION IS EMPTY
FRESH MEAT (411)               
(63-3832) [11-10-1,99]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

MINJEE LEE                     BOOCH
THE SAND TRAP (403)            LIBATIONS 3 (406)
(63-3751) [21-19-0,90]         (63-3783) [4-2-0,58]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

THE SAND TRAP (403)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAFE HAVEN (270)              53 
2. NEON ODYSSEY (402)            30    COLOURED PEOPLE (293)
3. LIBATIONS 3 (406)             20    Unchartered Team
4. THE SAND TRAP (403)           13 
5. COLOURED PEOPLE (293)         13    SUPERTOONS (365)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 FAR TRAVELERS (407)       16   8  1 66.7   1/ 1 THE SAND TRAP (403)      10  4 0
 2/ 3 COLOURED PEOPLE (293)     18  11  1 62.1   2/ 3 LIBATIONS 3 (406)         9  3 0
 3/ 2 SAFE HAVEN (270)         286 182 13 61.1   3/ 2 NEON ODYSSEY (402)        8  6 2
 4/ 4 NEON ODYSSEY (402)        77  49  4 61.1   4/ 5 SAFE HAVEN (270)          8  7 1
 5/ 5 LIBATIONS 3 (406)         36  23  0 61.0   5/ 4 FRESH MEAT (411)          5 10 0
 6/ 6 THE SAND TRAP (403)      101  94  4 51.8   6/ 6 ULFHEDNAR (399)           2  6 0
 7/ 7 ULFHEDNAR (399)           69  68  3 50.4   7- 7 FAR TRAVELERS (407)       1  0 0
 8- 8 TOP FIVE WOLFS (405)      16  16  0 50.0   8/10 COLOURED PEOPLE (293)     1  1 0
 9/ 9 FRESH MEAT (411)          49  56  6 46.7   9- 9 TOP FIVE WOLFS (405)      1  1 0
10/10 WAYFARERS (248)          1272 1516 27 45.6  10/ 8 WAYFARERS (248)           1  5 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Welcome AMEN-TEI.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights 
have I fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Some people say I 
ramble too much, I don't say anything relevant.  I repeat myself.  I ramble.  Well 
SAFE HAVEN moved up 1, to 4th.  What's with CHENRESIG?  He actually beat NEON 
ODYSSEY's DESMODEUS, and walked away with 18 more points from the fight.  Laughs were 
big at THE SAND TRAP while they watched IN GEE CHUN clobber HERBIE HANBARK.  He lost 
8 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands.  Try as he might, MY 
MANAGER HATES ME wasn't good enough at persuading DUSANA to step down from the 
Duelmaster's throne...  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  AMEN-TEI thinks SAFE 
HAVEN and their 286-182-13 is too much!  If at first you don't succeed, give up...  
The bums at LIBATIONS 3 couldn't face the challenges from SAFE HAVEN!  No excuse for 
that!  How well I know the feeling of being the most challenged warrior, POLYPHEMUS!  
Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to haunt you.   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  BEGTSE of SAFE HAVEN didn't know when to quit.  When you've 
got a 11-14-2, that's a good sign.  Now he's dead.  The ultimate victory is one that 
results in death.  POLYPHEMUS of knows this.  Will SAFE HAVEN attempt a Bloodfeud?  
Here's some advice:  study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  All 
work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter.  Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.  
Olaffighterwork and no play.  Time for my medication, so I'll leave now.  Practice, 
practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOBBIE BRISKET 3832          11  10  1  99         FRESH MEAT (411)          

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IN GEE CHUN 3749             19  21  1  96         THE SAND TRAP (403)       
 SAUTERNES 3781               18   8  0  94         LIBATIONS 3 (406)         
 MY MANAGER HATES ME 3717     14  50  0  92         WAYFARERS (248)           

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MINJEE LEE 3751              21  19  0  90         THE SAND TRAP (403)       
-MATAMORA 3802                 6   3  0  88         FAR TRAVELERS (407)       
 HERBIE HANBARK 3830          11  10  1  84         FRESH MEAT (411)          
 BRIER THORN 3740             18  27  0  81         WAYFARERS (248)           
 LYDIA KO 3798                15   7  0  78         THE SAND TRAP (403)       
-HOWLIN 3766                  14  16  0  75         TOP FIVE WOLFS (405)      
 PETER RABBIT 3833             9  12  1  68         FRESH MEAT (411)          

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CALYPSO 3746                 12   5  0  65         NEON ODYSSEY (402)        
 RED GREEN 2475                8   6  1  63         COLOURED PEOPLE (293)     
 SALLY SQUIRREL 3831          10  11  2  59         FRESH MEAT (411)          
 BOOCH 3783                    4   2  0  58         LIBATIONS 3 (406)         

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WILD BOAR BIN 3829            8  13  1  54         FRESH MEAT (411)          
 GROWLSK 3748                  6   8  0  42         ULFHEDNAR (399)           
 NOG 3790                      6   3  0  41         LIBATIONS 3 (406)         
-INGVAR 3777                  10   7  0  37         ULFHEDNAR (399)           

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HALSTEER 3772                 8   7  0  33         ULFHEDNAR (399)           
 SLURPEE 3794                  5   1  0  32         LIBATIONS 3 (406)         
 BYA 3843                      3   3  0  30         SAFE HAVEN (270)          
 CHENRESIG 3844                2   4  0  26         SAFE HAVEN (270)          

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DESMODEUS 3828                5   5  0  20         NEON ODYSSEY (402)        
 HYE JIN CHOI 3845             3   2  0  17         THE SAND TRAP (403)       
 KJETHIL 3788                  2   4  0  14         ULFHEDNAR (399)           
 KALACHAKRA 3851               1   0  1  14         SAFE HAVEN (270)          

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TIRESIAS 3849                 2   1  0  13         NEON ODYSSEY (402)        
 INA YOON 3853                 0   1  0   1         THE SAND TRAP (403)       

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SHIFTYEYED VOLUN        0  0 0                      KALACHAKRA 3851        865 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

DUSANA -- Good fight and well deserved title. Best of luck for AD. Amy and Jin Young 
are fighting in DM105. It would be an honor to meet you there. -- So So Yun

SAFE HAVEN -- We will pray for Kedo. May the earth lie lightly on his body. -- So So 
Yun

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

BEGTSE was butchered by POLYPHEMUS in a 2 minute gruesome mismatched Bloodfeud fight.
SAUTERNES demolished BRIER THORN in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
RED GREEN overpowered WILD BOAR BIN in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge duel.
BYA defeated HYE JIN CHOI in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge match.
DUSANA devastated MY MANAGER HATES ME in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
BOBBIE BRISKET devastated NOBLE ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title competition.
HERBIE HANBARK was overcome by IN GEE CHUN in a 2 minute expert's melee.
MINJEE LEE vanquished SALLY SQUIRREL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LYDIA KO won victory over PETER RABBIT in a 2 minute veteran's duel.
CALYPSO overpowered GROWLSK in a 1 minute uneven match.
BOOCH savagely defeated HALSTEER in a exciting 3 minute brutal fight.
NOG unbelievably bested VISITING ORC in a 9 minute bloody conflict.
SLURPEE luckily beat KJETHIL in a crowd pleasing 4 minute match.
DESMODEUS was overpowered by CHENRESIG in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
TIRESIAS overpowered INA YOON in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
KALACHAKRA butchered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -   6 -  0      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       4         STRIKING ATTACK   20 -  14 -  0      59  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        28 -  21 -  2      57  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         LUNGING ATTACK    17 -  14 -  1      55  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  23 -  0      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  20 -  1      52  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  16 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         WALL OF STEEL     18 -  22 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 865 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    BOBBIE BRISKET 3832        11  10  1   99 FRESH MEAT (411)
AIMED BLOW       SAUTERNES 3781             18   8  0   94 LIBATIONS 3 (406)
STRIKING ATTACK  MINJEE LEE 3751            21  19  0   90 THE SAND TRAP (403)
BASHING ATTACK   HERBIE HANBARK 3830        11  10  1   84 FRESH MEAT (411)
PARRY-STRIKE     LYDIA KO 3798              15   7  0   78 THE SAND TRAP (403)
LUNGING ATTACK   RED GREEN 2475              8   6  1   63 COLOURED PEOPLE (293)
TOTAL PARRY      NOG 3790                    6   3  0   41 LIBATIONS 3 (406)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is MINJEE LEE 3751.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was BOOCH 3783.  The ten other most popular fighters were KJETHIL 3788, BEGTSE 3796, 
RED GREEN 2475, BYA 3843, IN GEE CHUN 3749, MINJEE LEE 3751, PETER RABBIT 3833, 
SAUTERNES 3781, BOBBIE BRISKET 3832, and HERBIE HANBARK 3830.

The least popular fighter this week was NOG 3790.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were INA YOON 3853, DESMODEUS 3828, HALSTEER 3772, GROWLSK 3748, SALLY 
SQUIRREL 3831, BRIER THORN 3740, KALACHAKRA 3851, TIRESIAS 3849, SLURPEE 3794, and MY 
MANAGER HATES ME 3717.

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

POLYPHEMUS (63-3745) NEON ODYSSEY (402)
DUSANA (63-3792) SAFE HAVEN (270)