DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/24/2023    Duedate: 02/06/2023

AMEN-TEI ARENA

DM-63    TURN-801

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SERA
SAFE HAVEN (270)
(63-2587) [12-3-0,103]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SERA                           AGITATOR
SAFE HAVEN (270)               SATAN'S RENEGADES (396)
(63-2587) [12-3-0,103]         (63-3702) [3-1-0,22]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

BLACK ANISE                    WHEATLEY
WAYFARERS (248)                SAFE HAVEN (270)
(63-3562) [16-35-0,84]         (63-3694) [4-2-0,39]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SAFE HAVEN (270)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAFE HAVEN (270)            26
2. WAYFARERS (248)             11      SAFE HAVEN (270)
3. SATAN'S RENEGADES (396)      7      Unchartered Team
4. HELL KEEP (390)              0
                                       SATAN'S RENEGADES (396)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*SATAN'S RENEGADES (396)    3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 SAFE HAVEN (270)         11  4 2
 2- 1*HELL KEEP (390)           20   7  1 74.1   2- 2*HELL KEEP (390)           4  2 0
 3/ 3 SAFE HAVEN (270)         120  64  5 65.2   3/ 4 WAYFARERS (248)           4 10 0
 4/ 4 WAYFARERS (248)          %1196 %1360 27 46.8   4/ 3*SATAN'S RENEGADES (396)   2  1 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.

     This place is getting depressingly small.  Wayfarers, Lexie is truly sorry for 
killing Firespout.  We can't afford to lose any warriors here.
     It looks like it's either Black Anise again or a standin.  Hopefully it's not a 
standin, those fights are really depressing. I don't have anywhere close to the 
experience needed to get an invite so I could be here a while.

                                          -- Sera

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  SAFE HAVEN had cause to celebrate, after WHEATLEY got 12 points by 
beating RAMBLING ROSE.  A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and 
practice more, after losing 9 points to WHEATLEY.  (Discrete enough, RAMBLING ROSE?) 
SERA successfully staved off a grab for the roses by BLACK ANISE of WAYFARERS.  Does 
AMEN-TEI have no one talented enough to dethrone her?  So who was the warrior seen 
charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees?  Someone's got a basic 
problem...   
     And how sociable are AMEN-TEI's warriors?  Come, let us see.  Like a horde of 
jackals fleeing from the lion, so did the "warriors" in AMEN-TEI avoid HELL KEEP.  
The warriors of HELL KEEP found their efforts at combat frustrated as SAFE HAVEN 
apparently had more important things to do than fight.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Ask not for whom the 
sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  Like a mixed metaphor, and an overtaxed 
simile, I now bid AMEN-TEI farewell-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SERA 2587                 SL 12   3  0   103       SAFE HAVEN (270)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK ANISE 3562          PR 16  35  0    84       WAYFARERS (248)                          *
 LEXIE 3693                SL  5   1  1    69       SAFE HAVEN (270)                         *

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BRANNOCK 3688             LU  7   1  1    63       SAFE HAVEN (270)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-REVENANT 3635             AB  4   0  0    53       HELL KEEP (390)
 WHEATLEY 3694             BA  4   2  0    39       SAFE HAVEN (270)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PROWLER 3634              LU  5   2  0    29       HELL KEEP (390)
 RAMBLING ROSE 3681        PR  7   6  0    28       WAYFARERS (248)
-ARCHVILE 3636             AB  3   2  1    26       HELL KEEP (390)                          *
-WRETCHED 3695             ST  3   1  0    25       HELL KEEP (390)                          *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AGITATOR 3702             LU  3   1  0    22       SATAN'S RENEGADES (396)
-SPECTRE 3633              LU  3   2  0    21       HELL KEEP (390)
 MOIRA STEWART 3689        AB  3   5  0    21       WAYFARERS (248)
 MOIRA STEWART 3690        AB  3   5  0    19       WAYFARERS (248)                          *
 TIERNEY 3716              LU  0   1  0     1       SAFE HAVEN (270)                         *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
THE HONEST MERCH        0  0 0                      BRANNOCK 3688         801  NONE
FIRESPOUT 3624         13 22 0 WAYFARERS 248        LEXIE 3693            800   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

These are, of course, late.  And we congratulate Tindel. -- Jorja, Wayfarers
P.S.  Late personals seem to be all we've done this year.

Sera -- 'Patched up and sent home' forsooth!  Like I was a torn cloak. Not much in the 
way of skills, but one is better than none. -- Black Anise

Brannock -- Were you found in a baby box, too?  It seems strange. -- Firespout

Agitator -- Apparently there was a cheer in the stands, and it rose to its feet with 
the rest of the crowd.  Everyone cheers me. -- Moira Stewart first and best
P.S.  I notice no skills were exchanged.  Don't you have any?

Wheatley -- We're all pleased by your development.  For a baby left in a box, you're 
doing well. -- Moira Stewart the 2nd, trying harder

Spectre -- At least you were probably never a baby in a box, being a neuter golem, 
that's something to be glad of.  But I am NOT your secret admirer. -- Rambling Rose

A belated and additional congratulations to Tindel.  And I'm amazed we got through 
turn 800 without a big hoorah. -- Jorja

Sera -- Write a column and tell us about your personal safe haven. -- Black Anise

Lexie -- This could have been the story of my (brief) LIFE.  I meet a beautiful woman, 
gift her with a lot of skills, and she cuts my throat. -- Ghost of Firespout

Wheatley -- Don't let 'em nag you about insurance.  They just want to make an extra 
buck. -- Rambling Rose

Spectre -- Those voices from the stands, what do THEY know? -- Moira Stewart, the 
second, trying harder

Prowler -- That was not amusing. -- Moira Stewart, first and best
P.S.  One skill is pathetic.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

SERA bested BLACK ANISE in a 2 minute bloody Title fight.
LEXIE vanquished AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute uneven battle.
RAMBLING ROSE was subdued by WHEATLEY in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
BRANNOCK butchered THE HONEST MERCHANT in a 1 minute gory one-sided contest.
MOIRA STEWART subdued CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute competition.
MOIRA STEWART devastated SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
AGITATOR devastated TIERNEY in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   1 -  0      88  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   12 -   4 -  1      75  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -   8 -  1      69  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  10 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         AIMED BLOW        13 -  16 -  1      45  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -  14 -  0      30  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         TOTAL PARRY        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 801 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         2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  2         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
SLASHING ATTACK  SERA 2587                  12   3  0  103 SAFE HAVEN (270)
LUNGING ATTACK   BRANNOCK 3688               7   1  1   63 SAFE HAVEN (270)
BASHING ATTACK   WHEATLEY 3694               4   2  0   39 SAFE HAVEN (270)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BLACK ANISE 3562.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was WHEATLEY 3694.  The ten other most popular fighters were SERA 2587, AGITATOR 
3702, LEXIE 3693, MOIRA STEWART 3689, MOIRA STEWART 3690, BLACK ANISE 3562, RAMBLING 
ROSE 3681, BRANNOCK 3688, TIERNEY 3716, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was TIERNEY 3716.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were BRANNOCK 3688, RAMBLING ROSE 3681, BLACK ANISE 3562, MOIRA STEWART 
3690, MOIRA STEWART 3689, LEXIE 3693, AGITATOR 3702, SERA 2587, WHEATLEY 3694, and  
0.