DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/03/2025    Duedate: 07/16/2025

JASPER GULCH ARENA

DM 85    TURN 264

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JOE KING
MAD HOUSE IV (9289)
(85-50981) [12-3-0,124]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JOE KING                       NEZDO DULIRRA
MAD HOUSE IV (9289)            MIDDLE EARTH (8615)
(85-50981) [12-3-0,124]        (85-47299) [7-2-1,95]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SECOND WIND                    EVISCERATE
28ERR (8989)                   CARNAGE (6219)
(85-49323) [17-27-0,94]        (85-33931) [9-7-0,104]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DARK INSANITY (9473)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MIDDLE EARTH (8615)           24 
2. DARK INSANITY (9473)          20    MAD HOUSE IV (9289)
3. PROJECT MAYHEM 135 (1446)     17    Unchartered Team
4. PROJECT MAYHEM 290 (5406)     15 
5. RANDO DUDES 6 (9401)          14    DARK INSANITY (9473)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3*DARK INSANITY (9473)       4   0  0 100.   1/ 5*DARK INSANITY (9473)      4  0 0
 2/ 0*PROJECT MAYHEM 290 (5406)  1   0  0 100.   2/ 1 THE PURGE 216 (9862)      3  0 0
 3- 4*MYLIFE BLUES (4833)        4   1  0 80.0   3/ 3 PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720) 3  0 0
 4/ 5*MIDDLE EARTH (8615)        7   2  1 77.8   4- 4 HOWLIN STEALS 5 (7839)    3  1 0
 5/ 6 MAD HOUSE IV (9289)       12   4  0 75.0   5/ 7 MAD HOUSE IV (9289)       2  0 0
 6/ 7 THE PURGE 216 (9862)       8   3  0 72.7   6/ 2 PROJECT MAYHEM 370 (9079) 2  1 0
 7/ 9*PROJECT MAYHEM 135 (1446)  5   2  0 71.4   7/27 CARNAGE (6219)            2  1 0
 8-10*E19R (6168)                2   1  0 66.7   8/ 6*PROJECT MAYHEM 135 (1446) 2  1 0
 9-12 29ERR (8990)               9   5  0 64.3   9/30*PROJECT MAYHEM 88 (522)   2  1 0
10-13 HOWLIN STEALS 5 (7839)    20  12  1 62.5  10/ 0 RANDO DUDES 6 (9401)      1  0 0
11-16*OF WOLF AND MAN3 (1356)    3   2  0 60.0  11-17 WRATHMEN 36-19 (8804)     1  0 0
12/14 PROJECT MAYHEM 164 (2655) 10   7  1 58.8  12-19*E19R (6168)               1  0 0
13-17 E4R (6153)                14  10  0 58.3  13/ 0*PROJECT MAYHEM 290 (5406) 1  0 0
14/18 CARNAGE (6219)             9   7  0 56.2  14-13*MYLIFE BLUES (4833)       1  0 0
15/20 PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720) 14  13  1 51.9  15/ 8 32ERR (8993)              1  1 0
16/ 0 CODE NAMES II (2840)      20  20  0 50.0  16-26 E4R (6153)                1  1 0
17/19 CODE NAMES X (5297)       10  10  0 50.0  17/11 CODE NAMES X (5297)       1  1 0
18-22 WRATHMEN 36-19 (8804)      5   5  0 50.0  18-29*OF WOLF AND MAN3 (1356)   1  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19-23*HOWLIN STEALS 2 (7836)     3   3  0 50.0  19/23*MIDDLE EARTH (8615)       1  2 1
20/11*BUBBA SQUAD 13 (4877)      2   2  0 50.0  20/24 28ERR (8989)              1  2 0
21-24*OF WOLF AND MAN4 (1357)    2   2  0 50.0  21/25 PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055) 1  2 0
22/28 PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055) 32  34  2 48.5  22-28 RIFF LOOKS LIKE (4937)    1  2 0
23-27 ERR59 (9475)              16  17  0 48.5  23/21 PROJECT MAYHEM 164 (2655) 1  2 0
24/26 PROJECT MAYHEM 370 (9079) 17  19  0 47.2  24-31 TURNY TEAM 4 (542)        1  4 0
25/ 0 RANDO DUDES 6 (9401)      10  12  0 45.5  25/32 PROJECT MAYHEM 267 (4626) 0  3 0
26/37*PROJECT MAYHEM 88 (522)    4   5  0 44.4  26/36*FAVORITE SAYINGS 3 (7479) 0  2 0
27-34 TURNY TEAM 4 (542)         8  11  2 42.1  27-16 ERR59 (9475)              0  1 0
28/32 28ERR (8989)              26  36  2 41.9  28-18 29ERR (8990)              0  1 0
29/30 32ERR (8993)              15  21  0 41.7  29-35*HOWLIN STEALS 2 (7836)    0  1 0
30/31*FAVORITE SAYINGS 3 (7479)  3   5  1 37.5  30/14*BUBBA SQUAD 13 (4877)     0  1 0
31/36 PROJECT MAYHEM 267 (4626)  5   9  0 35.7  31/ 0 CODE NAMES II (2840)      0  1 0
32-38 RIFF LOOKS LIKE (4937)    11  20  1 35.5  32-22*OF WOLF AND MAN4 (1357)   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

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  The boys at THE PURGE 216 left the arena 
dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by DARK INSANITY.  Good show!  
Managers were muttering after CARNAGE showed JASPER GULCH what they could do:  1-0-0 
to move up by 20.  Perhaps it is PROJECT MAYHEM 88 members' intannibility that 
enabled them to move from 30th to 9th last week...  (Less time in the sun...) The 
boys at BUBBA SQUAD 13 aren't the happy-go-lucky bunch we all know and love, after 
suffering a 16 drop last week.  MIDDLE EARTH had cause to celebrate, after NEZDO 
DULIRRA got 24 points by beating ROBERT PAULSON 411.  A certain someone should cut 
down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 14 points to ROBERT PAULSON 411. 
(Discrete enough, GRAVEPRIEST?) Those who hoped for a new Duelmaster were 
disappointed by SECOND WIND, of 28ERR, who despite a 17-27-0 couldn't overcome JASPER 
GULCH's Number 1.  Word has it one team in JASPER GULCH is using psychics to predict 
wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  NEZDO DULIRRA of MIDDLE EARTH spared ROBERT PAULSON 411 (10-7-1) from having 
to lose any more fights.  What's your next plan, PROJECT MAYHEM 164?  Oh hard!  that 
to strike a flame, the match itself must needs be wasting!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As the seasons change, and the creatures of the 
wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place.  Do not despair!  I 
shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOE KING 50981               12   3  0 124         MAD HOUSE IV (9289)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 411 20324     14  12  1 115         PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720) 
 EVISCERATE 33931              9   7  0 104         CARNAGE (6219)            
-KICKBACKS 42987              10   4  1  98         HOWLIN STEALS 5 (7839)    
 ROBERT PAULSON 799 49778     17  19  0  96         PROJECT MAYHEM 370 (9079) 
 NEZDO DULIRRA 47299           7   2  1  95         MIDDLE EARTH (8615)       
 SECOND WIND 49323            17  27  0  94         28ERR (8989)              
 ROBERT PAULSON 734 49658     11  15  0  94         PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055) 
 GRAVEPRIEST 49344            13  21  0  91         32ERR (8993)              

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TAKEBACKS 42988              10   5  0  88         HOWLIN STEALS 5 (7839)    
-CAST OFF 51940                7   8  0  82         ERR59 (9475)              
-FORD 2891                     8   2  2  76         TURNY TEAM 4 (542)        
-NEPHINAE II 48296             5   5  0  76         WRATHMEN 36-19 (8804)     

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FAT WIZARD 15459             11  14  0  67         CODE NAMES II (2840)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AGONY 55171                   5   2  0  66         PROJECT MAYHEM 135 (1446) 
 BILLY WASHINGTON 51567        3   6  0  66         RANDO DUDES 6 (9401)      
-STORIES 54525                 7   2  0  65         E4R (6153)                
-TUSK 49329                    9   5  0  64         29ERR (8990)              
-LAS VEGAS 26887               5   7  1  61         RIFF LOOKS LIKE (4937)    
 VORTEX 53975                  8   3  0  57         THE PURGE 216 (9862)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SOUP 33669                    2   1  0  54         E19R (6168)               
 ITCHY MAMBA 28847             8   6  0  52         CODE NAMES X (5297)       
 ROBERT PAULSON 235 2789       4   5  0  45         PROJECT MAYHEM 88 (522)   
 ROBERT PAULSON 549 25183      5   9  0  39         PROJECT MAYHEM 267 (4626) 

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TARA 7477                     3   2  0  32         OF WOLF AND MAN3 (1356)   
-RED PEPPER 26355              4   1  0  30         MYLIFE BLUES (4833)       
-MANSION NECKLACE 42973        3   3  0  28         HOWLIN STEALS 2 (7836)    
 WINDOW SHOPPER 41042          3   5  1  27         FAVORITE SAYINGS 3 (7479) 
-SOLA 7485                     2   2  0  27         OF WOLF AND MAN4 (1357)   
 RICARDO DOOM 51930            2   0  0  26         DARK INSANITY (9473)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ISSAC CALIGARI 51933          2   0  0  22         DARK INSANITY (9473)      
 FRANKS N BEANS 26584          2   1  0  19         BUBBA SQUAD 13 (4877)     
 ROBERT PAULSON 663 29405      1   0  0  15         PROJECT MAYHEM 290 (5406) 
-JEEP 4163                     0   3  0  13         TURNY TEAM 4 (542)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
ROBERT PAULSON  14496  10  7 1 PROJECT MAYHEM  2655 NEZDO DULIRRA 47299    264  
DIOUF 85                0  0 0 WHITECAP FC 13       GOVERNOR GRAY 37709     98  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

JOE KING devastated SECOND WIND in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
ROBERT PAULSON 799 was viciously subdued by EVISCERATE in a 4 minute expert's battle.
GRAVEPRIEST was vanquished by ROBERT PAULSON 411 in a 2 minute mismatched brawl.
NEZDO DULIRRA assassinated ROBERT PAULSON 411 in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
ROBERT PAULSON 734 devastated VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 2 minute uneven brawl.
FAT WIZARD was overpowered by BILLY WASHINGTON in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
VORTEX bested ROBERT PAULSON 549 in a popular 3 minute competition.
ROBERT PAULSON 235 handily defeated WINDOW SHOPPER in a 2 minute uneven melee.
AGONY vanquished ITCHY MAMBA in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
FRANKS N BEANS lost to RICARDO DOOM in a popular 5 minute fight.
ISSAC CALIGARI overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
ROBERT PAULSON 663 overpowered PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 1 minute one-sided match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -   6 -  0      68  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         TOTAL PARRY       17 -   8 -  0      68  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         STRIKING ATTACK   39 -  21 -  2      65  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      3         PARRY-LUNGE       11 -   8 -  1      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -   9 -  4      57  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         LUNGING ATTACK    38 -  36 -  0      51  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   2 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         WALL OF STEEL      9 -  10 -  0      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW        15 -  20 -  0      43  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     1 -   4 -  0      20  |

Turn 264 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-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  2         3  STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  4         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
PARRY-LUNGE        2 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  JOE KING -14555            12   3  0  124 MAD HOUSE IV (9289)
PARRY-LUNGE      ROBERT PAULSON 411 20324   14  12  1  115 PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720)
LUNGING ATTACK   EVISCERATE -31605           9   7  0  104 CARNAGE (6219)
TOTAL PARRY      VORTEX -11561               8   3  0   57 THE PURGE 216 (9862)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SECOND WIND -16213.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was EVISCERATE -31605.  The ten other most popular fighters were FRANKS N BEANS 
26584, ROBERT PAULSON 549 25183, ROBERT PAULSON 411 20324, ROBERT PAULSON 734 -15878, 
WINDOW SHOPPER -24494, AGONY -10365, ROBERT PAULSON 799 -15758, VORTEX -11561, ROBERT 
PAULSON 235 2789, and JOE KING -14555.

The least popular fighter this week was SECOND WIND -16213.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were ITCHY MAMBA 28847, FAT WIZARD 15459, ROBERT PAULSON 411 14496, 
ROBERT PAULSON 663 29405, ISSAC CALIGARI -13603, RICARDO DOOM -13606, BILLY 
WASHINGTON -13969, NEZDO DULIRRA -18237, GRAVEPRIEST -16192, and JOE KING -14555.