DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/05/2025    Duedate: 09/18/2025

ZENSU ARENA

DM 40    TURN 987

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

APHELION VOID
FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)
(40-5085) [10-4-1,112]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

APHELION VOID                  POSITION IS EMPTY
FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)          
(40-5085) [10-4-1,112]         

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

DAN'S GHOST                    THE EMPEROR
BEYOND THE PALE (337)          AQUARIAN TAROT (235)
(40-5196) [20-31-1,92]         (40-1994) [11-20-0,101]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

OXY MORONS (537)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. OXY MORONS (537)              35 
2. PANDORA'S BOX (522)           20    PANDORA'S BOX (522)
3. BEYOND THE PALE (337)         14    Unchartered Team
4. THE SHIRE (321)               13 
5. FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)         6     COME WITH ME (418)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 13   5  0 72.2   1/ 1 OXY MORONS (537)         10  5 0
 2/ 2 PANDORA'S BOX (522)      153  66  4 69.9   2/ 2 DREAMS WORK (538)         8  4 0
 3/ 0 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     13   8  1 61.9   3/ 5 PANDORA'S BOX (522)       6  2 0
 4- 3 DIRTY DOZENS (333)        92  66  2 58.2   4- 4 DIRTY DOZENS (333)        4  2 0
 5/ 5 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     72  61  2 54.1   5- 3 TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 3  0 0
 6/ 6 DREAMS WORK (538)         56  48  3 53.8   6/ 7 VABOROUGHS (240)          3  3 0
 7/ 7 VABOROUGHS (240)          89  81  3 52.4   7/ 9 BEYOND THE PALE (337)     3  9 0
 8/ 8 OXY MORONS (537)          87  93  2 48.3   8/ 8 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     2  2 0
 9/10 BEYOND THE PALE (337)    1281 1490 36 46.2   9/ 0 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     1  0 0
10/ 9 AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      52  61  1 46.0  10/10 AQUARIAN TAROT (235)      1  2 0
11/11 THE SHIRE (321)           82 121  4 40.4  11/ 6 THE SHIRE (321)           1  7 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 ZENSU.  I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well.  Many the fights have I 
fought here.  The celebrations, the disappointments...  Phhbltt!  Too much drinking 
and too little dodging gave THE SHIRE a 1-3-0!  I got a good laugh out of it!  What's 
with NEERLY STENN?  He actually beat CRUEL PET NAMES' HUMP THE CAMEL, and walked away 
with 20 more points from the fight.  Laughs were big at BEYOND THE PALE while they 
watched NEERLY STENN clobber HUMP THE CAMEL.  He lost 17 points and got bruised from 
objects thrown from the stands.  Har har har!  Did GRANDPA JACK wimp out, or just get 
lazy?  Anyway, he's not Duelmaster anymore.  I can barely restrain my enthusiam for 
FLOWERS OF EVIL's outstanding member, Duelmaster APHELION VOID.  Wouldn't it be nice 
to have live subjects to practice on?  I hear some team is looking into the uses of 
convicted prisoners.   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.  The 
most avoided team was OXY MORONS.  Management must be dealin', as the boys at CRUEL 
PET NAMES ain't reelin'!  OXY MORONS' mad!  How well I know the feeling of being the 
most challenged warrior, THE EMPEROR!  Don't make idle boasts, they may come back to 
haunt you.  Keep challenging up 29 points, SQUASH THE SNAKE, and I won't have to 
write about you much longer.  BOB always accepts those kind of challenges...  Who 
knows what was running through SQUASH THE SNAKE's head, but BOB rearranged it for it. 
How soon will SQUASH THE SNAKE make a challenge like that again?  I hate going to the 
effort of writing about the kind of fights that DARKNESS gets in.  It fights people 
like HUMPTY DUMPTY, 12 points below.  I thought DARKNESS showed great skill and 
promise when it overcame HUMPTY DUMPTY.  All right, so I slept through it!  Big deal! 
     A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing.  Some fighters 
don't accept this.  The best do.  Here's some advice:  study your opponent, master 
many skills, fight dirty.   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  ZENSU is 
a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  I don't want to 
overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 APHELION VOID 5085        BA 10   4  1 112         FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-GRANDPA JACK 5311         ST 15   3  1 125         DIRTY DOZENS (333)        
 MILITANT PACIFIST 5290    LU 18  18  0 107         OXY MORONS (537)          
 FLOODS 5263               TP 21   6  0 106         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 SLEEPY JOE 5294           AB 19  19  1 106         OXY MORONS (537)          
 THE EMPEROR 1994          LU 11  20  0 101         AQUARIAN TAROT (235)                     *
 EXPRESS MAIL 5323         SL 12   8  0  98         OXY MORONS (537)          
 DAN'S GHOST 5196          ST 20  31  1  92         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *
 BOB 5296                  TP 16   9  1  92         DREAMS WORK (538)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GLORIA 5298               BA 13  12  2  86         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 NEERLY STENN 5273         ST 15  19  1  82         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
 THE HEDGE 5316            LU  9   6  0  75         THE SHIRE (321)           
-DELUGE 5332               SL  7   2  0  73         PANDORA'S BOX (522)       
 KEN 5297                  PL 10  15  0  67         DREAMS WORK (538)         

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 OUATE LE PHOQUE 3902      TP 11   7  0  66         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)                    *
 DOS JONES 5272            SL 15  19  0  64         BEYOND THE PALE (337)     
-RESTON 4263               LU  7   3  1  62         VABOROUGHS (240)                         *
 DARKNESS 5330             TP 10   0  0  59         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *
 HUMP THE CAMEL 3903       TP  8  11  0  58         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SQUASH THE SNAKE 4002     AB  6   2  0  56         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)     
 SWEET SORROW 5335         WS  9   6  1  52         OXY MORONS (537)          
 HUMPTY DUMPTY 5331        LU  6   6  0  48         DREAMS WORK (538)         
 DISEASE 5327              BA  6   4  0  48         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SANCHO PROUDFOOT 5255     WS  9  10  0  46         THE SHIRE (321)           
 DULLES 4264               WS  6   5  0  37         VABOROUGHS (240)          
-THE HIEROPHANT 2621       ST  7  13  1  35         AQUARIAN TAROT (235)                     *
 ROSIE COTTON 5328         LU  5   6  1  34         THE SHIRE (321)                          *

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BELLADONNA TOOK 5313      LU  6  10  0  28         THE SHIRE (321)           
-ICEMAN 5385               LU  2   0  0  26         DIRTY DOZENS (333)                       *
-BROCCOLI BRIDE 5380       PL  2   0  0  26         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478) 
-EERIE BEEF 5383               2   0  0  25         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)                [AB-WS]
-TURTLE NEMESIS 5382           2   0  0  25         TMM EXPERIMENTS 103 (478)                [AB-WS]
-BOBO BOFFINS 5326         PL  6   6  0  24         THE SHIRE (321)                          *

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MOOR PALE 5373            SL  4   4  0  21         BEYOND THE PALE (337)                    *
-ALDIE 4286                SL  3   4  0  19         VABOROUGHS (240)                         *
 MARSHALL 4287             TP  2   6  0  17         VABOROUGHS (240)          
 HONEST SALESMAN 5362      PL  2   6  0  16         OXY MORONS (537)                         *
-CHERUB OF JUSTICE 5349    WS  3   6  0  15         DIRTY DOZENS (333)                       *
 FLUSH THE GOLDFISH 4165   TP  2   2  0   9         CRUEL PET NAMES (381)                    *
-DEADLY LOCUST 5375        ST  1   2  0   8         PANDORA'S BOX (522)                      *

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FLOODS unbelievably bested THE EMPEROR in a 4 minute master's Challenge fight.
SQUASH THE SNAKE was handily defeated by BOB in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge match.
DISEASE won victory over DULLES in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
DARKNESS bested HUMPTY DUMPTY in a popular 3 minute Challenge fight.
OUATE LE PHOQUE demolished DOS JONES in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
MARSHALL won victory over HONEST SALESMAN in a 5 minute Challenge fight.
GLORIA was devastated by MILITANT PACIFIST in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
DAN'S GHOST was overpowered by SLEEPY JOE in a 2 minute gruesome uneven melee.
APHELION VOID vanquished THE HEDGE in a 1 minute one-sided Title duel.
HUMP THE CAMEL was vanquished by NEERLY STENN in a popular 5 minute one-sided duel.
EXPRESS MAIL handily defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 1 minute one-sided bout.
KEN subdued SANCHO PROUDFOOT in a crowd pleasing 4 minute competition.
SWEET SORROW devastated BELLADONNA TOOK in a 2 minute one-sided battle.
MOOR PALE was bested by ROSIE COTTON in a 2 minute bout.
FLUSH THE GOLDFISH unbelievably bested CONVICTED THIEF in a 7 minute conflict.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      7         TOTAL PARRY       37 -  20 -  0      65  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         AIMED BLOW         9 -   7 -  0      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         WALL OF STEEL     16 -  13 -  1      55  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         SLASHING ATTACK   22 -  18 -  0      55  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         LUNGING ATTACK    25 -  25 -  0      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         BASHING ATTACK    12 -  13 -  0      48  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   17 -  21 -  0      45  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   6 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  18 -  0      31  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 987 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:

TOTAL PARRY        6 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  4         3  TOTAL PARRY    
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  2         2  BASHING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      1 -  2         2  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   APHELION VOID 5085         10   4  1  112 FLOWERS OF EVIL (514)
TOTAL PARRY      FLOODS 5263                21   6  0  106 PANDORA'S BOX (522)
SLASHING ATTACK  EXPRESS MAIL 5323          12   8  0   98 OXY MORONS (537)
LUNGING ATTACK   THE HEDGE 5316              9   6  0   75 THE SHIRE (321)
AIMED BLOW       SQUASH THE SNAKE 4002       6   2  0   56 CRUEL PET NAMES (381)
WALL OF STEEL    SWEET SORROW 5335           9   6  1   52 OXY MORONS (537)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DAN'S GHOST 5196.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was THE EMPEROR 1994.  The ten other most popular fighters were HUMPTY DUMPTY 
5331, NEERLY STENN 5273, SANCHO PROUDFOOT 5255, SLEEPY JOE 5294, FLOODS 5263, EXPRESS 
MAIL 5323, ROSIE COTTON 5328, DISEASE 5327, MILITANT PACIFIST 5290, and KEN 5297.

The least popular fighter this week was FLUSH THE GOLDFISH 4165.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were MARSHALL 4287, HUMP THE CAMEL 3903, THE HEDGE 5316, OUATE LE 
PHOQUE 3902, DULLES 4264, MOOR PALE 5373, APHELION VOID 5085, DAN'S GHOST 5196, 
GLORIA 5298, and HONEST SALESMAN 5362.