DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/10/2025    Duedate: 04/23/2025

JASPER GULCH ARENA

DM 85    TURN 258

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

ROBERT PAULSON 581
PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415)
(85-29450) [9-0-0,128]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

ROBERT PAULSON 581             PUMPKIN SPICE
PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415)      STARBUCKS (6737)
(85-29450) [9-0-0,128]         (85-36968) [2-0-0,27]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

SHARK KILL                     SHARK KILL
ARCANE BEACH BALL (7213)       ARCANE BEACH BALL (7213)
(85-39500) [19-18-1,107]       (85-39500) [19-18-1,107]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055)     17 
2. PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720)     16 PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415)
3. 05 CHEVY (9193)               13    Unchartered Team
4. SUPE FORCES 3I01 (8026)       13 
5. PROJECT MONKEY 291 (5423)     13    STARBUCKS (6737)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3*STARBUCKS (6737)           2   0  0 100.   1/ 6 PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720) 3  0 1
 2- 5*PROJECT MAYHEM 139 (1448)  7   1  0 87.5   2/ 1 ARCANE BEACH BALL (7213)  3  0 0
 3- 6 NEW STYLE (9136)           9   2  1 81.8   3/ 7 PROJECT MAYHEM 171 (3701) 3  0 0
 4/ 7 PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415)  9   2  0 81.8   4- 3*SUNSHINE BISCUIT (4188)   3  1 1
 5- 8 R UPSTARTS (2686)         14   4  0 77.8   5/10 PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055) 2  0 0
 6- 9 PROJECT MAYHEM 118 (1414) 11   4  0 73.3   6/16*STARBUCKS (6737)          2  0 0
 7/14 PROJECT MAYHEM 171 (3701)  7   3  1 70.0   7/21 PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415) 2  0 0
 8-12 VIOLET ROSE I (6537)      15   7  1 68.2   8- 2 PROJECT MAYHEM 118 (1414) 2  0 0
 9-13 BATHTUB ARMADA 6 (3014)   12   6  0 66.7   9/31 PROJECT MAYHEM 370 (9079) 2  1 0
10/19 PROJECT MAYHEM 164 (2655)  8   4  1 66.7  10/32 PROJECT MONKEY 291 (5423) 2  1 0
11-17*HOWLIN STEALS (7835)       2   1  0 66.7  11-25 PROJECT MAYHEM 80 (514)   1  0 1
12-22*PROJECT MAYHEM 267 (4626)  5   3  0 62.5  12-11 NEW STYLE (9136)          1  0 0
13/ 0 SUPE FORCES 3I01 (8026)    8   7  0 53.3  13/ 0 SUPE FORCES 3I01 (8026)   1  0 0
14-24*SUNSHINE BISCUIT (4188)   11  10  1 52.4  14-13*HOWLIN STEALS (7835)      1  0 0
15/26 ARCANE BEACH BALL (7213)  19  18  1 51.4  15-17 VIOLET ROSE I (6537)      1  0 0
16-27 PROJECT MAYHEM 80 (514)   17  17  1 50.0  16-29*PROJECT MAYHEM 267 (4626) 1  0 0
17/23 PROJECT MAYHEM 110 (1406)  7   7  0 50.0  17- 4*PROJECT MAYHEM 139 (1448) 1  0 0
18/43*PROJECT MAYHEM 372 (9081)  1   1  0 50.0  18-30 FAMOUS FAR SIDES (1114)   1  0 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/28 VIVA LA FRANCE! 10 (6944)  8   9  1 47.1  19/37*PROJECT MAYHEM 372 (9081) 1  1 0
20/32 PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055) 28  32  2 46.7  20/42 PROJECT MAYHEM 164 (2655) 1  1 0
21/33 28ERR (8989)              25  31  2 44.6  21- 8 R UPSTARTS (2686)         1  1 0
22/39 PROJECT MONKEY 291 (5423)  7   9  0 43.7  22/ 5 28ERR (8989)              1  2 0
23/36 PROJECT MAYHEM 370 (9079) 13  17  0 43.3  23-35*1999 (9102)               1  4 0
24/38 PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720)  9  12  1 42.9  24/26 05 CHEVY (9193)           0  4 0
25-35 FAMOUS FAR SIDES (1114)   88 123  7 41.7  25/34 PROJECT MAYHEM 110 (1406) 0  3 0
26-37*1999 (9102)                7  10  1 41.2  26/27 VIVA LA FRANCE! 10 (6944) 0  2 0
27/42 05 CHEVY (9193)            8  28  0 22.2  27/39*HIGHLAND PARK (6736)      0  2 0
28/44*HIGHLAND PARK (6736)       0   2  0  0.0  28-33 BATHTUB ARMADA 6 (3014)   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

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  ARCANE BEACH BALL?  Who?  PROJECT MAYHEM 190 is the top team these 
days, buddies!  Like a chunk of francium heaved into a wet pond, PROJECT MAYHEM 281 
blew up the rankings to 14!  Perhaps it is PROJECT MAYHEM 370 members' intannibility 
that enabled them to move from 31st to 9th last week...  (Less time in the sun...) 
Managers were muttering after PROJECT MONKEY 291 showed JASPER GULCH what they could 
do:  1-0-0 to move up by 22.  Perhaps it is PROJECT MAYHEM 372 members' intannibility 
that enabled them to move from 37th to 19th last week...  (Less time in the sun...) 
Like a chunk of francium heaved into a wet pond, PROJECT MAYHEM 164 blew up the 
rankings to 22!  Rumor has it an incurable disease has swept the stable of 28ERR.  
Note their drop in the rankings from 5th to 22nd.  Watch out!!!  Managers were 
muttering after HIGHLAND PARK showed JASPER GULCH what they could do:  0-1-0 to move 
up by 12.  PROJECT MAYHEM 346 had cause to celebrate, after ROBERT PAULSON 734 got 17 
points by beating VETERAN MERCENARY.  SECOND WIND found out that JASPER GULCH isn't a 
democracy.  You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here!  Word has it one team in 
JASPER GULCH is using psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     And how sociable are JASPER GULCH's warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen 
into an unconscious stupor.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  Can anything compare to the pleasure of 
writing Spyreports for JASPER GULCH?  On that giddy note I take my leave-- Novgorodny 
Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 581 29450  ST  9   0  0 128         PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415) 

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-COUNTRY HAM 22865         TP  5   1  0 196         SUNSHINE BISCUIT (4188)   
 SHARK KILL 39500          LU 19  18  1 107         ARCANE BEACH BALL (7213)  
-MORNING FACE 33704        SL 16  12  1 102         FAMOUS FAR SIDES (1114)   
 SECOND WIND 49323         AB 16  22  0  97         28ERR (8989)              

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 287 7767   TP  7   7  0  88         PROJECT MAYHEM 110 (1406) 
 ROBERT PAULSON 734 49658  PR  7  13  0  86         PROJECT MAYHEM 346 (9055) 
 ROBERT PAULSON 799 49778  WS 13  17  0  83         PROJECT MAYHEM 370 (9079) 
-ROBERT PAULSON 304 7806      10   0  0  82         PROJECT MAYHEM 118 (1414)                ???
 ROBERT PAULSON 411 20324  PL  9  11  1  76         PROJECT MAYHEM 190 (3720) 
 TRISTE 38112              WS  8   9  1  70         VIVA LA FRANCE! 10 (6944) 
 ROBERT PAULSON 411 14496  LU  8   4  1  69         PROJECT MAYHEM 164 (2655) 
 FUEL LINE 50355           PR  8  15  0  69         05 CHEVY (9193)           
-NEW ROUTINE 50074         PS  9   2  1  68         NEW STYLE (9136)          

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 607 29492  LU  7   9  0  66         PROJECT MONKEY 291 (5423) 

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ROBERT PAULSON 370 20231      7   3  1  65         PROJECT MAYHEM 171 (3701)                ???

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ROBERT PAULSON 549 25183  LU  5   3  0  54         PROJECT MAYHEM 267 (4626) 
-ROBERT PAULSON 340 7979       7   1  0  53         PROJECT MAYHEM 139 (1448)                ???
-INTERNATIONAL LOVER 49899     2   3  0  42         1999 (9102)                              [AB-LU-ST-TP-WS]

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-AUTOMATIC 49903               2   1  1  29         1999 (9102)                              [AB-LU-SL-ST-TP-WS]
 PUMPKIN SPICE 36968           2   0  0  27         STARBUCKS (6737)                         [LU-PL-PR-ST-TP]

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EGG & BACON 44741             2   1  1  23         SUNSHINE BISCUIT (4188)              [AB-BA-LU-PL-PR-SL-ST-TP-WS]
-SWEET TEA 22862               3   1  0  22         SUNSHINE BISCUIT (4188)                  [LU-PL-PR-SL-ST-TP]
-TAPE DECK 42968               2   1  0  21         HOWLIN STEALS (7835)                     [PL-SL-ST-TP]
-BUBBERS 55024                 1   0  0  13         VIOLET ROSE I (6537)                     [BA-LU-PL-SL-TP-WS]
 KIDNEY STRIKE 55170           1   0  0  13         SUPE FORCES 3I01 (8026)                  [LU-PL-PR-PS-ST-TP-WS]
-PEPPERMINT RAINBOW 54813  AB  2   1  0  10         1999 (9102)               
-LADY CAB DRIVER 49902         1   1  0   8         1999 (9102)                              [AB-LU-SL-ST-TP-WS]
 ROBERT PAULSON 802 49784      1   1  0   7         PROJECT MAYHEM 372 (9081)                ???
 THE SINGLETON 36964           0   2  0   6         HIGHLAND PARK (6736)                     [AB-SL-TP]
-GRAVY 45988                   0   2  0   2         SUNSHINE BISCUIT (4188)                  [AB-BA-LU-PL-SL-ST-TP-WS]

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
VENEMOUS CONCUBI        0  0 0                      ROBERT PAULSON  20324  258 NONE
BED TRANS 55275         0  1 0 05 CHEVY 9193        BLACK ORC              258 NONE
NO LIGHTS 55276         0  1 0 05 CHEVY 9193        WURM KIN               258 NONE
DIOUF 85                0  0 0 WHITECAP FC 13       GOVERNOR GRAY 37709     98  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

NO LIGHTS was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
BED TRANS was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
ROBERT PAULSON 581 viciously subdued SECOND WIND in a 2 minute veteran's Title match.
SHARK KILL viciously subdued ROBERT PAULSON 287 in a 2 minute veteran's fight.
TRISTE was bested by ROBERT PAULSON 799 in a crowd pleasing 4 minute veteran's duel.
ROBERT PAULSON 734 overpowered VETERAN MERCENARY in a 2 minute gory mismatched brawl.
FUEL LINE was handily defeated by ROBERT PAULSON 607 in a 1 minute uneven melee.
ROBERT PAULSON 411 dispatched VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute expert's fight.
ROBERT PAULSON 370 vanquished THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 4 minute one-sided fight.
ROBERT PAULSON 411 handily defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
PUMPKIN SPICE demolished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched match.
ROBERT PAULSON 802 overcame THE SINGLETON in a 1 minute novice's contest.
KIDNEY STRIKE demolished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   5         STRIKING ATTACK   27 -   6 -  1      82  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    41 -  27 -  1      60  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         TOTAL PARRY       19 -  15 -  0      56  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      2         AIMED BLOW        16 -  14 -  2      53  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        5 -   5 -  1      50  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   15 -  15 -  3      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      9 -  10 -  0      47  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   9 -  0      31  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   5 -  0      29  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     2 -   6 -  0      25  |

Turn 258 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-LUNGE        1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  1                                       1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  ROBERT PAULSON 581 29450    9   0  0  128 PROJECT MAYHEM 281 (5415)
LUNGING ATTACK   SHARK KILL -26036          19  18  1  107 ARCANE BEACH BALL (7213)
TOTAL PARRY      ROBERT PAULSON 370 20231    7   3  1   65 PROJECT MAYHEM 171 (3701)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is SHARK KILL -26036.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SHARK KILL -26036.  The ten other most popular fighters were ROBERT PAULSON 
581 29450, TRISTE -27424, ROBERT PAULSON 799 -15758, ROBERT PAULSON 734 -15878, 
ROBERT PAULSON 607 29492, ROBERT PAULSON 802 -15752, ROBERT PAULSON 287 7767, ROBERT 
PAULSON 411 20324, ROBERT PAULSON 370 20231, and ROBERT PAULSON 411 14496.

The least popular fighter this week was THE SINGLETON -28572.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FUEL LINE -15181, BED TRANS -10261, NO LIGHTS -10260, KIDNEY 
STRIKE -10366, SECOND WIND -16213, PUMPKIN SPICE -28568, ROBERT PAULSON 411 14496, 
ROBERT PAULSON 370 20231, ROBERT PAULSON 411 20324, and ROBERT PAULSON 287 7767.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

SHARK KILL (85--26036) ARCANE BEACH BALL

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