DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/22/2026    Duedate: 07/04/2026

TALCAMA ARENA

DM 18    TURN 1057

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

BAXTER
OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
(18-11695) [9-4-0,122]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

BAXTER                         SATANIC JULIP
OF WOLF AND MAN (620)          KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)
(18-11695) [9-4-0,122]         (18-11730) [6-3-0,73]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BARON BARYON                   HERMES
MAD SCIENTISTS (75)            WRATHMEN 22-35 (762)
(18-11634) [19-24-1,99]        (18-11466) [5-4-0,47]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

COSMIC KARMA (760)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. LUCAS CORP (774)              30 
2. OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)      28    STORM SHADOWS (757)
3. INANIMATE TOFU (331)          23    Unchartered Team
4. KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)        20 
5. MAD SCIENTISTS (75)           20    TWIN SISTERS (758)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 2*TWIN SISTERS (758)         4   1  0 80.0   1- 2 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   7  3 0
 2/ 1 STORM SHADOWS (757)       39  11  0 78.0   2/ 3 COSMIC KARMA (760)        7  7 0
 3/ 5*KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)     9   6  1 60.0   3/ 1 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     6  1 0
 4/ 3 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630) 250 200 14 55.6   4/ 4 SEA DOGS (224)            6  8 0
 5/ 4 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     97  82  4 54.2   5/ 9 INANIMATE TOFU (331)      6  8 0
 6/ 6 THUNDR + LITENING (22)   1172 1056 131 52.6   6/ 8 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       6  9 1
 7/ 7 MAD SCIENTISTS (75)      900 884 64 50.4   7/12*TWIN SISTERS (758)        4  1 0
 8/ 8 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     76  75  4 50.3   8/10*KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)    4  2 1
 9/ 9 COSMIC KARMA (760)       156 157  6 49.8   9/ 5 WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     4  6 0
10/10 SEA DOGS (224)           699 711 48 49.6  10/ 7 WATCHMEN (775)            3  9 1
11/11 INANIMATE TOFU (331)     220 251  8 46.7  11/ 6 STORM SHADOWS (757)       2  2 0
12-12 THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   98 120  6 45.0  12/ 0*LUCAS CORP (774)          2  3 0
13/ 0*WRATHMEN 22-35 (762)       6   8  0 42.9  13/11 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   2  7 0
14/13 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   79 118  6 40.1  14/14 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)  1  5 0
15/14 WATCHMEN (775)            26  51  5 33.8  15/13 THUNDR + LITENING (22)    0  9 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
16/ 0*LUCAS CORP (774)           5  13  1 27.8  16/ 0*WRATHMEN 22-35 (762)      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!  Nothing is certain in TALCAMA, with changing loyalties, changing 
Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new top team--COSMIC KARMA.  STORM SHADOWS after a 
sorry 0-1-0 might want to consider abandoning the sands and taking up singing the 
'Can't fight no more' blues!  Nothing works for a team like victory (How's that for a 
perceptive observation?) as TWIN SISTERS can attest...  OF WOLF AND MAN II had cause 
to celebrate, after NEPHINAE LUNA got 25 points by beating LADY LIGHTYEAR.  Win some, 
lose some.  Speaking of which, NEPHINAE LUNA was winsome, after beating LADY 
LIGHTYEAR and seeing her lose 22 points.  Can you believe it?  MAD MC SNUGGLES 
apparently has better things to do as TALCAMA's Duelmaster than show up and fight!  
In TALCAMA, nothing is permanent (except Death), and we find ourselves a new 
Duelmaster, BAXTER.  Word has it one team in TALCAMA is using psychics to predict 
wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. 
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights!  Perhaps the warriors of COSMIC KARMA 
should take up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  The warriors of 
COSMIC KARMA found their efforts at combat frustrated as WOMB OF HORRORS apparently 
had more important things to do than fight.  Is it charming personality?  
Conversational abilities?  Good oral hygiene?  Whatever it is, SATANIC JULIP is the 
most challenged warrior.  Take heed TALCAMA, of the unprincipled action of PURPLE 
WIZARD.  By challenging DICK FEYNMAN, 16 points below him, PURPLE WIZARD besmirches 
the noble art of dueling.  PURPLE WIZARD bested DICK FEYNMAN.  The whole thing leaves 
a bitter memory.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Q:  What's a record 
like 5-6-2 get you?  A:  A free trip to the Dark Arena!  This week's winner:  
INDIKHAN of WATCHMEN!  Sober up, young warriors, and take note of DEADEYE's fate!  
SHOT OF BOURBON of KENTUCKY LEGENDS handily did him in.  Experience counts for 
something on TALCAMA's sands.  Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for 
thee.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  More important duties call me.  Do not despair!  
I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BAXTER 11695                  9   4  0 122         OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MAD MC SNUGGLES 11594        21  13  0 109         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   
 THARIZDUN 11636              22  24  1  99         WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     
 BARON BARYON 11634           19  24  1  99         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
 NEPHINAE LUNA 11756           7   5  2  98         OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)  

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 THUNDER HAMMER 11640         12   3  0  87         STORM SHADOWS (757)       
 COSMIC WIDOW 11648           19   4  0  85         COSMIC KARMA (760)        
 ALLURING 11706                6   5  1  77         OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   
 LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647         18  16  1  76         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
 SATANIC JULIP 11730           6   3  0  73         KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)    
-LELYSSIA 11784                7   2  0  69         OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POLARIS DAWN 11702           10  11  0  66         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
 QUEEN CONCH 11639             5   3  0  66         SEA DOGS (224)            
 SHOT OF BOURBON 11729         3   3  1  66         KENTUCKY LEGENDS (773)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HONOR REMAINS 11711           4   1  0  61         STORM SHADOWS (757)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CONSTABLE QUARK 11721         7   3  0  55         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
 DETHAN 11723                  6  11  2  55         OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)   
-SMIDGE 11668                 10  10  0  51         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   
 FINEOUS FINGERS 11849         8   6  3  50         WATCHMEN (775)            
 IRONCLAD 11613                3   4  0  50         SEA DOGS (224)            
 COSMIC AMBUSH 11703          12  11  1  48         COSMIC KARMA (760)        
-DABBLE 11744                  6   2  0  48         OF WOLF AND MAN (620)     
 DARKERI 11734                 3   1  0  48         LUCAS CORP (774)          
 HERMES 11466                  5   4  0  47         WRATHMEN 22-35 (762)      
 SAFE HAVEN 11194              5   6  1  43         SEA DOGS (224)            

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOFURKY 11789                 6   6  0  33         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
 INORGANIC 11797               6   5  0  29         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
-SHENANIGANS 11769             6   2  0  28         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   
 CRAP 271496 11819             4   2  0  24         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
 COSMIC FLARE 11765            3   1  0  24         COSMIC KARMA (760)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VICTORIA LANE 11398           2   0  0  22         TWIN SISTERS (758)        
 PURPLE WIZARD 11835           3   4  0  21         WATCHMEN (775)            
 LERONICA LANE 11401           2   1  0  21         TWIN SISTERS (758)        
-SMUDGE 11863                  2   0  0  15         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   
 XVART 11817                   2   1  1  13         WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     
 HORAN 11822                   2   1  0  11         WOMB OF HORRORS (766)     
 QUAD 30S 11815                1   0  0  11         LUCAS CORP (774)          
 HERBIVORE 11885               1   0  0  11         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
 DE MIDIA 11735                1   3  1   8         LUCAS CORP (774)          
 COSMIC CROWN 11864            1   1  0   8         COSMIC KARMA (760)        
 BITTERSTEEL 11811             0   3  0   3         LUCAS CORP (774)          
 DICK FEYNMAN 11832            0   3  0   3         MAD SCIENTISTS (75)       
 SUGAR, TEA & RUM 11816        0   2  0   2         LUCAS CORP (774)          
 COSMIC KRUNCH 11873           0   2  0   2         COSMIC KARMA (760)        
 JUST TOFU IT 11884            0   1  0   1         INANIMATE TOFU (331)      
-BARON O'GRAYMATER 11872       0   1  0   1         THE EMERALD ISLES (765)   

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
AMYS KITCHEN 11779      6  8 0 INANIMATE TOFU 331   FINEOUS FINGERS 11849 1056  
DA1 11879               0  1 0 OF WOLF AND MAN  549 STONE GOLEM           1057 NONE
DA2 11880               0  1 0 OF WOLF AND MAN  630 AVENGING ZILTHOR      1057 NONE
WILLOWHIP 11812         0  2 0 OF WOLF AND MAN  630 XVART 11817           1054  
BLACK SPOT 11040       12 12 1 SEA DOGS 224         LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647  1055  
DEADEYE 11612           6  2 1 SEA DOGS 224         SHOT OF BOURBON 11729 1057  
ARCFLASH 11780          0  2 0 THUNDR + LITENING 22 DEADEYE 11612         1053 NOT REVENGED
QC1 11886               0  1 0 THUNDR + LITENING 22 BLACK ORC             1057 NONE
QC2 11887               0  1 0 THUNDR + LITENING 22 DARK CHAMPION         1057 NONE
QC3 11888               0  1 0 THUNDR + LITENING 22 MOUNTAIN TROLL        1057 NONE
CHARLY 11834            2  2 0 WATCHMEN 775         HIGH ELF              1057 NONE
FRED 11838              2  5 0 WATCHMEN 775         MERCENARY TAO         1057 NONE
INDIKHAN 11843          5  7 2 WATCHMEN 775         DARK CHAMPION         1057 NONE
DA1 11881               0  1 0 WOMB OF HORRORS 766  BLACK ORC             1057 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Well done, Snuggles. Who knew maul crits could bounce? Until our next match... -- Lady 
Lightyear

 

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

INDIKHAN was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
FRED was butchered by MERCENARY TAO in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
CHARLY was murdered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
DA2 was assassinated by AVENGING ZILTHORN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
DA1 was dealt death by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
QC1 was assassinated by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
QC3 was viciously butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
QC2 was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
DA1 was easily killed by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
FINEOUS FINGERS was vanquished by SATANIC JULIP in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
PURPLE WIZARD won victory over DICK FEYNMAN in a 3 minute Challenge fight.
XVART was defeated by INORGANIC in a 1 minute novice vs. expert Challenge fight.
HORAN was overpowered by TOFURKY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BAXTER subdued THUNDER HAMMER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's Title competition.
ALLURING was demolished by BARON BARYON in a 1 minute mismatched match.
LADY LIGHTYEAR was overpowered by NEPHINAE LUNA in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
THARIZDUN overpowered QUEEN CONCH in a 2 minute bloody one-sided duel.
COSMIC WIDOW outwaited M. CHARDINEE in a 12 minute fray.
DEADEYE was executed by SHOT OF BOURBON in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
HERMES was unbelievably bested by IRONCLAD in a exciting 5 minute fight.
POLARIS DAWN demolished DETHAN in a exciting 2 minute gory one-sided bout.
COSMIC AMBUSH was handily defeated by DARKERI in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
SAFE HAVEN savagely defeated CRAP 271496 in a action packed 2 minute brutal fight.
CONSTABLE QUARK overpowered CARELESS WEAPONSMITH in a 1 minute uneven fray.
COSMIC FLARE handily defeated LBA GROUPIE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
SUGAR, TEA & RUM was demolished by HERBIVORE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BITTERSTEEL was viciously subdued by COSMIC CROWN in a 2 minute novice's match.
DE MIDIA was defeated by LERONICA LANE in a 1 minute novice's bout.
COSMIC KRUNCH was vanquished by QUAD 30S in a 1 minute uneven bout.
VICTORIA LANE handily defeated JUST TOFU IT in a 1 minute uneven bout.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         TOTAL PARRY       24 -  15 -  0      62  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   8         AIMED BLOW        24 -  17 -  0      59  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  7         WALL OF STEEL     13 -  10 -  2      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  7         LUNGING ATTACK    46 -  42 -  1      52  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      6         PARRY-STRIKE       7 -   7 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         SLASHING ATTACK   23 -  25 -  2      48  |
|AIMED BLOW                       3         PARRY-RIPOSTE      6 -   7 -  0      46  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     3         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  29 -  5      42  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-LUNGE        8 -  17 -  0      32  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         BASHING ATTACK    16 -  48 -  2      25  |

Turn 1057 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        3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    3 -  4         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  7         3  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  3     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  3         2  STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  3     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-LUNGE        3 -  3     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  2         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   BAXTER 11695                9   4  0  122 OF WOLF AND MAN (620)
STRIKING ATTACK  NEPHINAE LUNA 11756         7   5  2   98 OF WOLF AND MAN II (630)
AIMED BLOW       THUNDER HAMMER 11640       12   3  0   87 STORM SHADOWS (757)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      COSMIC WIDOW 11648         19   4  0   85 COSMIC KARMA (760)
BASHING ATTACK   ALLURING 11706              6   5  1   77 OF WOLF AND MAN 9 (549)
PARRY-STRIKE     QUEEN CONCH 11639           5   3  0   66 SEA DOGS (224)
SLASHING ATTACK  COSMIC AMBUSH 11703        12  11  1   48 COSMIC KARMA (760)
PARRY-LUNGE      HERMES 11466                5   4  0   47 WRATHMEN 22-35 (762)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BARON BARYON 11634.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was HERMES 11466.  The ten other most popular fighters were POLARIS DAWN 11702, 
SAFE HAVEN 11194, BAXTER 11695, PURPLE WIZARD 11835, THARIZDUN 11636, COSMIC CROWN 
11864, VICTORIA LANE 11398, QC3 11888, SATANIC JULIP 11730, and DICK FEYNMAN 11832.

The least popular fighter this week was JUST TOFU IT 11884.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were COSMIC KRUNCH 11873, SUGAR, TEA & RUM 11816, COSMIC AMBUSH 
11703, DEADEYE 11612, COSMIC WIDOW 11648, LADY LIGHTYEAR 11647, ALLURING 11706, HORAN 
11822, XVART 11817, and FINEOUS FINGERS 11849.