DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/07/2024 Duedate: 05/20/2024
ZUKAL ARENA
DM 9 TURN 1006
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PATCHES FLOYD
PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
(9-6466) [18-19-1,122]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PATCHES FLOYD ACEY DEUCEY
PET SHOP FLOYD (459) WILD CARDS (603)
(9-6466) [18-19-1,122] (9-6554) [4-0-0,51]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
PATCHES FLOYD SOFT DOLLS
PET SHOP FLOYD (459) BLUE MOON (381)
(9-6466) [18-19-1,122] (9-6514) [17-12-0,111]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. WILD CARDS (603) 42
2. BLUE MOON (381) 22 SINN'RS 'R US (591)
3. PET SHOP FLOYD (459) 20 Unchartered Team
4. BECAUSE...BUBBA (584) 10
5. QUEEN (522) 8 WILD CARDS (603)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 SINN'RS 'R US (591) 12 3 2 80.0 1/ 1 PET SHOP FLOYD (459) 8 5 0
2/ 0 BECAUSE...BUBBA (584) 8 2 0 80.0 2/ 2 THE INSANE GROUP (105) 6 6 0
3- 3*ORDER OF FOG (594) 3 2 0 60.0 3/ 5*WILD CARDS (603) 5 4 0
4/ 4 PET SHOP FLOYD (459) 308 216 17 58.8 4/ 4 BLUE MOON (381) 5 7 0
5/ 5 QUEEN (522) 506 381 24 57.0 5/ 3 QUEEN (522) 3 3 0
6/ 7*WILD CARDS (603) 13 10 1 56.5 6/ 0 BECAUSE...BUBBA (584) 1 0 0
7/ 6 THE INSANE GROUP (105) 108 86 14 55.7 7/ 6 SINN'RS 'R US (591) 1 1 0
8/ 8 BLUE MOON (381) 1319 1632 41 44.7 8- 8*ORDER OF FOG (594) 0 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.
Hail and well met, Zukal!
Looking out from the throne I see a lot of veteran's in this arena. You know what
that means? Lots of puds. I guess you don't realize you're a pud until you're
pushing 40 fights and nowhere close to graduating. Heck I just got my expert in
attack. That would have helped say 30 fights ago. I have to admit I'm a little
worried about this Insane Group. They seem to have a lot of kills for a young stable.
I will avoid no one though as is our tradition.
-- Patches Floyd
SPY REPORT
Greetings, Warriors of ZUKAL. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give
you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. BLUE MOON had cause to
celebrate, after SOFT DOLLS got 21 points by beating BODY LANGUAGE. WIERD WALLY
certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to ROCKIN WORLD and
losing 5 points in the process! SHORT SHEW found out that ZUKAL isn't a democracy.
You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! So who's the team that's been
walking into taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me.
A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the
little birds cry out?' Any ideas? Like a horde of jackals fleeing from the lion, so
did the "warriors" in ZUKAL avoid PET SHOP FLOYD. Like a pup with its tail between
its legs, WILD CARDS scurried away from PET SHOP FLOYD. Oh, the shame! Everyone is
famous for fifteen minutes, and FANCY FRED is it right now. Most challenged warrior.
Isn't THE INSANE GROUP proud! Do my ears deceive me? HIS NIBS (outclassed by 31
points) challenged SCHNAUZER FLOYD, in what promises to be a fight.(!) Soopreyes,
soopreyes! HIS NIBS emerges from the fray 1 points the richer. Good show, HIS NIBS!
IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? found himself challenged by a warrior 18 below: ACEY DEUCEY.
ACEY DEUCEY of WILD CARDS kept hers wits as she defeated IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT?.
Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.
Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.
Leave me now, you base fools! Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat!
ZUKAL, I leave you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Blue Boar
Inn. 'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PATCHES FLOYD 6466 18 19 1 122 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SEX PANTHER 6384 8 2 0 115 BECAUSE...BUBBA (584)
LUNATIC LARRY 921 29 9 4 111 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
SOFT DOLLS 6514 17 12 0 111 BLUE MOON (381)
BODY LANGUAGE 6430 26 18 0 96 QUEEN (522)
SHORT SHEW 6443 13 33 0 95 BLUE MOON (381)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DEMENTED DAN 864 17 21 4 90 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
PLATYPUS FLOYD 6551 13 7 1 90 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
SINNAMON LUV 6452 9 3 0 81 SINN'RS 'R US (591)
ROCKIN WORLD 6561 6 1 0 69 QUEEN (522)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HUSKY FLOYD 6552 10 9 1 63 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
WIERD WALLY 1134 11 13 0 60 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
SCHNAUZER FLOYD 6553 10 6 1 57 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ACEY DEUCEY 6554 4 0 0 51 WILD CARDS (603)
ECLIPSE 6540 12 10 0 50 BLUE MOON (381)
IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484 8 26 0 50 BLUE MOON (381)
-SHADOW DANCER 6470 3 2 0 49 ORDER OF FOG (594)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BLACKLACED BETTER 5911 8 5 0 37 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FANCY FRED 5945 1 2 0 27 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580 2 0 0 26 WILD CARDS (603)
HIS NOBS 6555 3 3 0 25 WILD CARDS (603)
HIS NIBS 6557 2 3 0 25 WILD CARDS (603)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MOONAHINW 6568 2 5 1 BLUE MOON 381 BIG CAN O CRAZY 6576 1002 NONE
SABLE FLOYD 6590 0 1 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459 DARK CHAMPION 1006 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Demented Dan -- Yo' crazy a$$ needs to do some Burpies. -- Sinnamon Luv
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SABLE FLOYD was viciously butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
HIS NIBS was vanquished by SCHNAUZER FLOYD in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
ACEY DEUCEY demolished IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? in a 2 minute uneven Challenge fight.
QUEEN OF CLUBS viciously subdued FANCY FRED in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
PATCHES FLOYD won victory over SHORT SHEW in a 2 minute master's Title fight.
LUNATIC LARRY beat PLATYPUS FLOYD in a 2 minute bloody brawl.
SEX PANTHER overpowered SINNAMON LUV in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BODY LANGUAGE was vanquished by SOFT DOLLS in a popular 4 minute uneven duel.
DEMENTED DAN slimly won victory over HUSKY FLOYD in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
ROCKIN WORLD beat WIERD WALLY in a 3 minute melee.
BLACKLACED BETTER was beaten by ECLIPSE in a 3 minute brutal fight.
HIS NOBS demolished OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 13 - 6 - 1 68 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 13 - 7 - 1 65 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 15 - 1 58 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 3 - 0 57 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 14 - 2 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 8 - 0 50 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 7 - 0 46 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 6 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 23 - 0 30 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 1006 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 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 BASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK SEX PANTHER 6384 8 2 0 115 BECAUSE...BUBBA (584)
LUNGING ATTACK LUNATIC LARRY 921 29 9 4 111 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
AIMED BLOW SOFT DOLLS 6514 17 12 0 111 BLUE MOON (381)
TOTAL PARRY BODY LANGUAGE 6430 26 18 0 96 QUEEN (522)
WALL OF STEEL SINNAMON LUV 6452 9 3 0 81 SINN'RS 'R US (591)
BASHING ATTACK HUSKY FLOYD 6552 10 9 1 63 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
PARRY-LUNGE ACEY DEUCEY 6554 4 0 0 51 WILD CARDS (603)
SLASHING ATTACK ECLIPSE 6540 12 10 0 50 BLUE MOON (381)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PATCHES FLOYD 6466. The most popular warrior this
turn was SOFT DOLLS 6514. The ten other most popular fighters were PLATYPUS FLOYD
6551, ACEY DEUCEY 6554, QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580, WIERD WALLY 1134, SABLE FLOYD 6590,
PATCHES FLOYD 6466, LUNATIC LARRY 921, DEMENTED DAN 864, BLACKLACED BETTER 5911, and
ECLIPSE 6540.
The least popular fighter this week was ROCKIN WORLD 6561. The other ten least
popular fighters were SINNAMON LUV 6452, IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484, HIS NIBS 6557, HIS
NOBS 6555, FANCY FRED 5945, HUSKY FLOYD 6552, BODY LANGUAGE 6430, SEX PANTHER 6384,
SHORT SHEW 6443, and SCHNAUZER FLOYD 6553.
WINTER FACE-TO-FACE IN TEMPE!
We hope you will join us at our winter FTF in Tempe, AZ, January 17-19, 2025! It will
be held at our usual Embassy Suites Hotel in Tempe, Arizona (480-897-7444). Room
rates are $209.00 per night, 1-2 occupancy, which includes full cooked breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, free parking and free high speed internet. There's
a fitness center, jacuzzi, and pool. The rooms are blocked--the group code is 929.
The official block cutoff is mid-December so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: http://tinyurl.com/FF72inTempe
Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
You can contact the Tempe Embassy (480-897-7444) to be put on the waiting list for
a double suite, too.
We look forward to seeing you in January! -- RSI
MAIL-IN TOURNEY LXXIX
PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CALAVERA 4915 (253-164-3) 6 3 0 THIRSTY THUGS
MABUSHI 5548 (129-112-0) 4 3 0 QUEEN
MENDELSSOHN 2894 (454-198-3) 2 3 0 WASTELANDERS II
CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
BILBO BAGGINNI 5508 (154-57-1) 5 3 0 MIDDLE ITALY
BERNARD 6057 (79-32-0) 1 4 0 WESTWORLD
CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SEX PANTHER 6384 (7-2-0) 4 3 0 BECAUSE...BUBBA
ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
CHERTON 6491 (3-1-0) 7 3 0 LEO
INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
ACEY DEUCEY 6554 (2-0-0) 2 3 0 WILD CARDS
HIS NIBS 6557 (2-1-0) 2 3 0 WILD CARDS
APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
GYPSY ROSE 5146 (0-1-0) 5 3 1 BOOKIE'S BROTHEL
DEAD MONEY 6565 (1-0-0) 2 3 0 WILD CARDS
BEST FRIEND 6571 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 QUEEN
ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
DRAGON FRUIT 6542 (0-0-0) 6 3 0 KILLER FRUIT
KAYLA 6583 (0-0-0) 4 3 0 PAYNE
ADEPTS FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
SINNAMON LUV 6452 (8-2-0) 0 3 0 SINN'RS 'R US
ROOKIES FOOLS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME
QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 WILD CARDS
SUMMER FACE-TO-FACE IN MINNEAPOLIS!
Our summer Face-to-Face is in the midwest again this year, and we're going back to the
Twin Cities! We hope you will join us at our summer FTF in Bloomington, MN on July 12-
14, 2024! It will be held at the Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport (800-317-8143).
Room rates are $164/$174 for king and 2 doubles suites respectively, and all have free
high speed internet and all the Embassy goodness (free made-to-order breakfast,
complimentary manager's reception, airport shuttle, indoor pool, business center and
on-site restaurant. The rooms are blocked and the code is "915."
The official block cutoff is June 21 so make your reservations ASAP!
The hotel reservation site is: https://tinyurl.com/FF71inMinneapolis
Please note that doubles are limited. As always, if the block is full, please make
your reservation the best you can (book a king, and/or book at normal rates) and let
us know and we'll work with the sales office to get them to correct your reservation.
We look forward to seeing you in July! -- RSI
SUMMER BLOODGAMES 2024
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena
beginning in August. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the summer Face-
to-Face.
For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing
alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. The Bloodgames are coming!
At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY
yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere
survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not
to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have
greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. Here are the particulars:
Face-to-Face style Turn 1 is due Fri July 12 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 98): Turns process with the tournament
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Mail-in style Turn 1 is due Sat July 13 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 99): All turns process overnight, mail-in style.
No strategy changes; all ten rounds process one
after the other and results will be out Sun morning.
Slow Bloodgames (DM 95): Turn 1 is due Thurs August 1
Turns process every 28 days
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are DYOs (design your owns) with 84
points, 3-21, as usual.) To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them
in. We'll mail or email your overviews and you can write up your strategies. Your
warriors must be created and have strategies entered by the first due date.
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the turn-based bloodgames, there are no regular
challenges, only bloodfeuds. There will be no DA challenges in any of the bloodgames
arenas.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 95 is due August 1 and will process on a 28-day
schedule. The other two bloodgames arenas will be processed at the summer Face-to-
Face. (Note: there will also be bloodgames at the next winter FTF.)
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded to those living warriors
with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important
consideration: Each of these three warriors must be of a different fighting style.
Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine
awards if there is a tie.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion and Victors will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
A Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.T-
shirts will only happen if someone gives us a nice design. One shirt per person.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!