DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/19/2024    Duedate: 05/02/2024

LIN TIRIAN ARENA

DM 78    TURN 776

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SIGNATURE LOOK
HOWLIN CASE (352)
(78-3605) [12-10-0,101]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SIGNATURE LOOK                 MAGNUS
HOWLIN CASE (352)              FAR TRAVELERS (394)
(78-3605) [12-10-0,101]        (78-3664) [1-0-1,33]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

APRIL DANCER                   DERBY
SAND DANCERS (68)              PERRY COUNTY (374)
(78-3597) [16-10-0,58]         (78-3659) [0-1-0,5]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

HOWLIN CASE (352)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FAR TRAVELERS (394)           85 
2. HOWLIN CASE (352)             32    PERRY COUNTY (374)
3. MY VINYL (393)                11    Unchartered Team
4. PERRY COUNTY (374)            1  
5. L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)        1     MY VINYL (393)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*MY VINYL (393)             1   0  0 100.   1/ 3 HOWLIN CASE (352)         5  3 1
 2- 1*NYC VENDING (392)          1   0  0 100.   2/ 0*FAR TRAVELERS (394)       4  1 1
 3/ 0*FAR TRAVELERS (394)        4   1  1 80.0   3/ 1 SAND DANCERS (68)         4  6 0
 4/ 2 PERRY COUNTY (374)       163  93  4 63.7   4/ 2 PERRY COUNTY (374)        3  5 0
 5/ 3 HOWLIN CASE (352)        219 154  8 58.7   5- 5*NYC VENDING (392)         1  0 0
 6/ 4 SAND DANCERS (68)        1596 1876 46 46.0   6/ 0*MY VINYL (393)            1  0 0
 7/ 5 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)    75  90  3 45.5   7/ 4 L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)    1  2 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.

St. Croix (or Saint Croix) is an unincorporated community in northern Oil Township, 
Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

The community lies along on the western edge of the Hoosier National Forest, near the 
intersection of State Road 62, Interstate 64, and State Road 37, northeast of the city 
of Tell City, the county seat of Perry County. (They stole this seat from Cannelton, 
the cretins!) Main points of interest in St. Croix include Holy Cross Church, 
cemetery, and Church Hall as well as the Etienne Saw Mill and Bear Hollow Mulch. 
Although St. Croix is unincorporated, it had a post office, with the ZIP code of 
47576.

A colony of Catholics settled at St. Croix in 1849. The community's namesake St. Croix 
(Holy Cross) church was founded in 1855. A post office was established in St. Croix in 
1880, but has since closed.

That's me, the Duelmaster!

                                          -- St. Croix, DM V

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail LIN TIRIAN!  Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for 
your deeds.  It seems the training can make the difference, as SAND DANCERS is pushed 
out of top team by HOWLIN CASE, who came from 3rd with a 2-0-0 this turn.  On their 
very first turn, FAR TRAVELERS had a 4-1-1, and with this kind of luck or skill, 
should do well.  Welcome to LIN TIRIAN.  And let's see, ASTARA fought EMBEZZLING 
SCRIBE and gained 21 points and contributed to FAR TRAVELERS' 4-1-1.  JOHN BROWN has 
lost to TAUT TWINE, falling 1 points, while helping make SAND DANCERS a 1-1-0 turn.  
We should ask SIGNATURE LOOK about the thrill of victory, and what being the new 
Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now the one to ask.  By the way, was that our 
Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at The Lost Hope Inn?   
     I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling.  A basher 
friend of mine assures me this is true.  I also notice that the SAND DANCERS stable 
was the most avoided team this turn.  Come on LIN TIRIAN, what are you afraid of?  
And guess who avoided SAND DANCERS stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was PERRY 
COUNTY.  Anyone surprised?   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  Had I not seen it, it would be hard to believe.  MAGNUS was sent to 
the Dark Arena and lived to tell about it!  Makes you think, no?  Is it really true 
that LIN TIRIAN has more dishwashers per capita that fighters?  Just thought I'd 
ask...   
     I like this place, LIN TIRIAN, the taverns have old wine, and young serving 
girls.  Who could ask for more?  Well, I'm burning daylight here in LIN TIRIAN and 
I've a long road ahead of me.  Happy Trails.  Until the sun next rises and my pen 
sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SIGNATURE LOOK 3605       PS 12  10  0 101         HOWLIN CASE (352)         

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TSUKUNE(EXPERIENCED) 3535 LU 12  14  0  99         L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)    
 TAUT TWINE 3299           WS  9   3  1  93         HOWLIN CASE (352)         
 ST. CROIX 3568            TP 23   9  0  92         PERRY COUNTY (374)        

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 APRIL DANCER 3597         WS 16  10  0  58         SAND DANCERS (68)                        *
 JOHN BROWN 3607           ST 12  10  0  57         SAND DANCERS (68)         

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ROME 3609                 ST  4   5  0  33         PERRY COUNTY (374)                       *
 LILLY-DALE 3615           PS  3   5  0  33         PERRY COUNTY (374)                       *
 MAGNUS 3664                   1   0  1  33         FAR TRAVELERS (394)                      [BA-LU]

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TELL CITY 3616                6   5  0  32         PERRY COUNTY (374)                       [BA-LU]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ASTARA 3660                   1   0  0  21         FAR TRAVELERS (394)                      [BA-LU]
-CRACK PIPE 3646           LU  1   0  0  20         NYC VENDING (392)                        *
 ROTH 3662                     1   0  0  15         FAR TRAVELERS (394)                      [AB-BA-LU-PL]
 THE NAMELESS ONE 3534     ST  3   4  0  13         L5R PHOENIX CLAN (361)    
 WALDAU 3661                   1   0  0  13         FAR TRAVELERS (394)                      [AB-BA-LU-PL]
 RABBIT HEART 3656         AB  1   0  0  11         MY VINYL (393)            
 DERBY 3659                    0   1  0   5         PERRY COUNTY (374)                       [SL-ST]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SHEWISH GIANT           0  0 0 DARK ARENA           MAGNUS 3664            776 NONE
GUPTA 3663              0  1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 394    WURM KIN               776 NONE
JENSON 3564            15 27 0 SAND DANCERS 68      TAUT TWINE 3299        775  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Tsukune, what would I do without you? -- St. Croix

April Dancer, bah, Humbug! -- Rome

Perry County, a small amount of quality people in a large land of forests, mines, 
hills, valleys and rivers. -- Smitty

It seems as if I can only beat Duelmasters NOT named St. Croix. -- Tsukune 
(Experienced)?

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

MAGNUS butchered SHEWISH GIANT in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
GUPTA was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
ST. CROIX was savagely defeated by SIGNATURE LOOK in a 16 minute expert's Title fight.
TAUT TWINE overpowered JOHN BROWN in a 1 minute bloody one-sided fight.
APRIL DANCER bested LILLY-DALE in a 1 minute duel.
TELL CITY overpowered THE NAMELESS ONE in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
ASTARA devastated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute gruesome one-sided competition.
WALDAU vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute uneven duel.
ROTH vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
DERBY lost to RABBIT HEART in a exciting 2 minute gruesome novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   0 -  0     100  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         AIMED BLOW         3 -   1 -  0      75  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK     6 -   3 -  1      67  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         WALL OF STEEL     17 -   9 -  1      65  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  12 -  1      54  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   9 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         LUNGING ATTACK     8 -   9 -  0      47  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   9 -  0      44  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    4 -  12 -  0      25  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 776 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         1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  3         2  WALL OF STEEL  
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  1         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  0                                       2  BASHING ATTACK 
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-STRIKE     SIGNATURE LOOK 3605        12  10  0  101 HOWLIN CASE (352)
WALL OF STEEL    TAUT TWINE 3299             9   3  1   93 HOWLIN CASE (352)
TOTAL PARRY      ST. CROIX 3568             23   9  0   92 PERRY COUNTY (374)
STRIKING ATTACK  JOHN BROWN 3607            12  10  0   57 SAND DANCERS (68)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is APRIL DANCER 3597.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DERBY 3659.  The ten other most popular fighters were MAGNUS 3664, TAUT 
TWINE 3299, ASTARA 3660, RABBIT HEART 3656, APRIL DANCER 3597, TELL CITY 3616, ROTH 
3662, LILLY-DALE 3615, THE NAMELESS ONE 3534, and WALDAU 3661.

The least popular fighter this week was ST. CROIX 3568.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were JOHN BROWN 3607, SIGNATURE LOOK 3605, GUPTA 3663, WALDAU 3661, THE 
NAMELESS ONE 3534, LILLY-DALE 3615, ROTH 3662, TELL CITY 3616, APRIL DANCER 3597, and 
RABBIT HEART 3656.