DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/29/2025    Duedate: 08/11/2025

JHELUM ARENA

DM 4    TURN 1018

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TED BOGAN
CLASSIC BLUES (549)
(4-7703) [17-10-0,125]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PILLAR OF CREATION             WHITE GOLD
UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)         BUBBA'S BANE (736)
(4-7781) [12-5-0,163]          (4-7914) [1-0-0,9]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

AGENT ORANGE                   LUCILLE BOGAN
DOGS OF WAR (115)              CLASSIC BLUES (549)
(4-7694) [17-45-0,96]          (4-7766) [4-4-1,28]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

CLASSIC BLUES (549)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)        53 
2. TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)       33    POTTERY WORLD (679)
3. POTTERY WORLD (679)           29    Unchartered Team
4. TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)          14 
5. BUBBA'S BANE (736)            9     BUBBA'S BANE (736)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*BUBBA'S BANE (736)         1   0  0 100.   1/ 1 CLASSIC BLUES (549)       9  6 0
 2/ 1 POTTERY WORLD (679)      416 249 20 62.6   2/ 2 TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      8  2 0
 3/ 2 THE REPLACEMENTS (622)    95  66  2 59.0   3/ 4 UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)    7  3 1
 4/ 3 CLASSIC BLUES (549)      183 133  8 57.9   4/ 3 SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   6  4 0
 5/ 4 UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)   243 178  3 57.7   5/ 7 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   5 10 1
 6/ 5 TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)  248 203 26 55.0   6/ 6 POTTERY WORLD (679)       3  4 0
 7/ 7 TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)     557 506 18 52.4   7/ 5 DOGS OF WAR (115)         2  7 0
 8/ 8 SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   48  47  0 50.5   8/ 0*BUBBA'S BANE (736)        1  0 0
 9/11 DOGS OF WAR (115)        1162 1669 42 41.0   9/10 THE REPLACEMENTS (622)    0  3 0
10/12*BLOW HARDS (729)           0   8  0  0.0  10/11*BLOW HARDS (729)          0  2 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of 
JHELUM brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too.  Gee, I'm impressed, a 5-0-1 is nice, 
but don't get cocky, UTOPIA RELIGIOSO, the Fates teach humility, and the Fates are 
proud.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see MIRE OF DOUBT win a fight and 
gain 20 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, CHO beat JESSE FULLER and JESSE FULLER lost 14 
points.  You're breakin' my heart.  Going for broke or broken, our Duelmaster SUM YUM 
GAI challenged this turn.  And if variety is the spice of life, JHELUM may be getting 
bland, as TED BOGAN stays top dog in the city.  I'm not in a very good mood today, 
but why am I telling you this?  You want to know what's new, don't you, JHELUM?   
     Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.  
CLASSIC BLUES, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided 
team.  Care to know who is the most afraid of you?  And who led the way in this mass 
act of cowardice?  Let's see, well, whatcha know?  It was POTTERY WORLD.  Ha ha ha 
ha!  LEAKY CAULDRON was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was 
the DM insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Death and Taxes.  The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience.  Let's 
see if anyone's dead or dying.  Bye bye, warrior, bye bye...  SAM COLLINS, a glorious 
5-3-0 fighter, has passed away.  Gee, too bad CLASSIC BLUES.  Titanium shields and 
bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is developing these kinds of weapons?   
     There's got to be a better place in JHELUM to get a drink than The Warty Toad!  
Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of 
JHELUM.  I feel much better now.  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TED BOGAN 7703               17  10  0 125         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PILLAR OF CREATION 7781      12   5  0 163         UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)    
 SPIRE OF SCORN 7837          15   5  0 119         UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)    
 SUM YUM GAI 7731             23  21  0 102         THE REPLACEMENTS (622)    
 BLACK BEAR 7819              13  10  0  98         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      
 AGENT ORANGE 7694            17  45  0  96         DOGS OF WAR (115)         

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CAHOKIA 7773                 12   7  0  86         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      
 VALENTINE 7776               15  19  1  84         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   
 LEAKY CAULDRON 7691          24  11  0  83         POTTERY WORLD (679)       
 VELVET QUEEN 7797            12   5  0  82         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 TRAINING TANK 7743           15  28  3  76         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THE WHISTLER 7789             9  10  0  66         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 POLAR BEAR 7820              13  10  0  61         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 EDGAR 7838                   11   9  0  56         DOGS OF WAR (115)         
 HUNTING GIRL 7846             7   4  0  56         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 PANZER IV 7847                7  10  2  55         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   
 MIRE OF DOUBT 7849            8   7  1  53         UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)    
 HAVEN OF GLOOM 7826           9  12  0  52         UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)    
 LEAD BALLOON 7742             3  42  0  51         DOGS OF WAR (115)         
-SORTING HAT 7744             12   9  0  49         POTTERY WORLD (679)       
 THE HOODED CROW 7786         10   9  0  48         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 JACK FROST 7785               6  13  0  41         SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)   
 ARK OF AFFLICTION 7853        7   5  0  35         UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)    

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CHO 7881                      3   0  0  32         POTTERY WORLD (679)       
 LUCILLE BOGAN 7766            4   4  1  28         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       
-LONGBOTTOM 7851               6   4  1  26         POTTERY WORLD (679)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LIL GREEN 7803                3   1  0  22         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       
 CARRO LEGGERO 7904            1   5  1  19         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JESSE FULLER 7802             4   1  0  13         CLASSIC BLUES (549)       
 WHITE GOLD 7914               1   0  0   9         BUBBA'S BANE (736)        
 YOUNG BRAVE 7911              1   0  0   7         TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)      
 FAWKES 7908                   0   1  0   7         POTTERY WORLD (679)       
 CONQUEROR 7907                0   3  0   3         TANKS FOR NOTHIN' (171)   

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
PERSISTENT BEGGA        0  0 0                      CARRO LEGGERO 7904    1018 NONE
GILBERT 7910            0  1 0 BLOW HARDS 729       SHEWISH GIANT         1018 NONE
SAM COLLINS 7764        5  4 0 CLASSIC BLUES 549    MIRE OF DOUBT 7849    1018  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Man, losing the Duelmasters throne because of the slow mail sucks. The turn that was 
mailed on 7/1 arrived on 7/22, just a bit late for the next turn. Oh, well. Just have 
to earn it back. -- Pillar of Creation

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

GILBERT was barely slain by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
TED BOGAN won victory over SUM YUM GAI in a 3 minute expert's Challenge Title battle.
VELVET QUEEN defeated TRAINING TANK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge duel.
HUNTING GIRL was overpowered by VALENTINE in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
THE WHISTLER was outwaited by LEAKY CAULDRON in a popular 8 minute Challenge duel.
THE HOODED CROW slimly lost to EDGAR in a 8 minute Challenge match.
PANZER IV viciously subdued LEAD BALLOON in a 5 minute gory Challenge competition.
BLACK BEAR handily defeated CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven melee.
SPIRE OF SCORN vanquished AGENT ORANGE in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel.
PILLAR OF CREATION overpowered CAHOKIA in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
SAM COLLINS was easily killed by MIRE OF DOUBT in a 1 minute brutal one-sided bout.
POLAR BEAR demolished JACK FROST in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
HAVEN OF GLOOM devastated LIL GREEN in a 1 minute one-sided battle.
JESSE FULLER was devastated by CHO in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
LUCILLE BOGAN was unbelievably bested by ARK OF AFFLICTION in a 14 minute fight.
CARRO LEGGERO butchered PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute uneven duel.
CONQUEROR was beaten by YOUNG BRAVE in a 2 minute amateur's brawl.
WHITE GOLD bested FAWKES in a exciting 3 minute novice's fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                  8         AIMED BLOW        13 -   4 -  0      76  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         LUNGING ATTACK    31 -  21 -  2      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   6         SLASHING ATTACK   19 -  13 -  0      59  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         STRIKING ATTACK   30 -  22 -  2      58  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         TOTAL PARRY       30 -  31 -  0      49  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      8 -  15 -  2      35  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  34 -  0      24  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1018 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    3 -  5         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  2         2  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     2 -  4         2  BASHING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        4 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  AIMED BLOW     
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       TED BOGAN 7703             17  10  0  125 CLASSIC BLUES (549)
STRIKING ATTACK  PILLAR OF CREATION 7781    12   5  0  163 UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)
SLASHING ATTACK  SPIRE OF SCORN 7837        15   5  0  119 UTOPIA RELIGIOSO (388)
TOTAL PARRY      SUM YUM GAI 7731           23  21  0  102 THE REPLACEMENTS (622)
LUNGING ATTACK   BLACK BEAR 7819            13  10  0   98 TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)
BASHING ATTACK   POLAR BEAR 7820            13  10  0   61 TRIBAL COUNCIL (120)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    THE HOODED CROW 7786       10   9  0   48 SONGS OF THE WOOD (725)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is AGENT ORANGE 7694.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was LUCILLE BOGAN 7766.  The ten other most popular fighters were FAWKES 7908, 
THE WHISTLER 7789, TED BOGAN 7703, PANZER IV 7847, SPIRE OF SCORN 7837, VELVET QUEEN 
7797, VALENTINE 7776, THE HOODED CROW 7786, PILLAR OF CREATION 7781, and HAVEN OF 
GLOOM 7826.

The least popular fighter this week was ARK OF AFFLICTION 7853.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were EDGAR 7838, CARRO LEGGERO 7904, JESSE FULLER 7802, LIL GREEN 
7803, JACK FROST 7785, SAM COLLINS 7764, CAHOKIA 7773, LEAD BALLOON 7742, LEAKY 
CAULDRON 7691, and SUM YUM GAI 7731.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

LEAKY CAULDRON (4-7691) POTTERY WORLD (679)