DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 02/27/2026    Duedate: 03/12/2026

RODEKI ARENA

DM 42    TURN 996

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SNOOP DOGG
FURRY FURY (463)
(42-5597) [8-2-2,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SNOOP DOGG                     PYROBUG
FURRY FURY (463)               TEMERE (490)
(42-5597) [8-2-2,111]          (42-5577) [5-2-0,37]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

BEYOND THE GRAVE               FIRE AND STEEL
SAXON (492)                    SAXON (492)
(42-5614) [8-7-1,71]           (42-5626) [4-6-0,26]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BETTER BLUES (365)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SAXON (492)                   22 
2. BETTER BLUES (365)            21    FURRY FURY (463)
3. FURRY FURY (463)              16    Unchartered Team
4. TEMERE (490)                  3  
5. GRECIAN FORMULA (486)         -1    TEMERE (490)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*OF WOLF & MAN (493)        3   0  0 100.   1/ 2 BETTER BLUES (365)        8  3 1
 2/ 2 FURRY FURY (463)          28  11  3 71.8   2/ 1 SAXON (492)               6  9 0
 3- 3 MI CASA (485)             89  50  5 64.0   3- 3*OF WOLF & MAN (493)       3  0 0
 4/ 4 BETTER BLUES (365)       163 121  9 57.4   4/ 4*TEMERE (490)              3  0 0
 5/ 5 SAXON (492)               35  37  1 48.6   5/ 6 FURRY FURY (463)          2  3 1
 6/ 6 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)     31  40  1 43.7   6- 7 MI CASA (485)             1  1 0
 7/ 7 DELVERS (154)            1221 1746 33 41.2   7/ 5 DELVERS (154)             1  2 0
 8/ 8*TEMERE (490)               5  10  0 33.3   8/ 8 GRECIAN FORMULA (486)     1  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

     I can't believe the violence in RODEKI!  I still haven't told Mom I'm writing 
Spyreports.  She'd have a cow!  Well, here we go...  Like, SAXON had to be so 
embarrassed when they got kicked off #1 spot by BETTER BLUES!  Way to go BETTER 
BLUES!  MVP award for SHEMEKIA COPELAND?  BETTER BLUES' proud of her after beating 
QUEEN OF HEARTS and getting 18 points.  This Duelmaster is like something else!  
SNOOP DOGG stopped BUCKET dead in his tracks!  I hear the top team insists all their 
warriors get nine hours sleep.  They want photogenic fighters for PR photos.   
     AAARRGH!!!  I HATE SPYREPORTING!!!  Sorry.  I just had to say it.  BETTER BLUES 
was RODEKI's most avoided team.  Is there some award for that?  Hhmph!  What kind of 
warriors are FURRY FURY?  BETTER BLUES, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't 
get them to accept an invitation!  Like, is WITCHFINDER popular, or what?  He was 
challenged the most in all of RODEKI!  He's got a 10-5-0, is that good?  ZORA YOUNG 
must not be a good enough fighter to get in fair fights.  She challenged WITCHFINDER. 
12 is a big difference.  (Well, that's what they tell me.) I thought ZORA YOUNG 
showed great skill and promise when she was defeated by WITCHFINDER.  All right, so I 
slept through it!  Big deal!   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  It was kind of sad, seeing old QUEEN OF HEARTS stumbling around the 
arena, before SHEMEKIA COPELAND finished her off.  Oh well!  What a bunch of 
heartless!  I couldn't believe how many people were snickering when SNOOP DOGG killed 
BUCKET.  So he had a 11-17-0, that's no excuse!  I see BUCKET got killed by SNOOP 
DOGG of FURRY FURY.  Now I want to see some serious Bloodfeud action out there!  What 
if they had a fight and nobody showed up?  I'd be out of a job, that's what!!!   
     I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid.  Who would've guessed I'd be 
a famous Spyreporter?  I gotta leave.  RODEKI is like such a dump, and you guys smell 
too much!  I had a fun time, see you later-- Debby Tonte  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SNOOP DOGG 5597               8   2  2 111         FURRY FURY (463)          

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOO BOO DAVIS 5609            9   3  0  93         BETTER BLUES (365)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WITCHFINDER 5615             10   5  0  85         SAXON (492)               
 MYRMIDUS 5537                15  18  0  80         GRECIAN FORMULA (486)     
-HOPE MILLS 5520              21  11  1  75         MI CASA (485)             
 BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614         8   7  1  71         SAXON (492)               
 ZORA YOUNG 5602              13  10  0  70         BETTER BLUES (365)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAMMIE NIXON 5611             9   3  0  48         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 LADY IN GRAY 5624             6   6  0  37         SAXON (492)               
 PYROBUG 5577                  5   2  0  37         TEMERE (490)              

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SHEMEKIA COPELAND 5619        4   5  2  33         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 FIRE AND STEEL 5626           4   6  0  26         SAXON (492)               

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-CUDDLECLAW 5631               2   0  0  22         OF WOLF & MAN (493)       
-SNUGGLE BITE 5635             1   0  0  13         OF WOLF & MAN (493)       
 FREDDIE KING 5636             2   2  0  11         BETTER BLUES (365)        

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
BUCKET 5585            11 17 0 DELVERS 154          SNOOP DOGG 5597        996  
TASMANIAN DEVIL 5301    0  1 0 FURRY FURY 463       SPYMASTER              996 NONE
QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621    6  8 0 SAXON 492            SHEMEKIA COPELAN 5619  996  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

TASMANIAN DEVIL was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ZORA YOUNG was viciously subdued by WITCHFINDER in a exciting 8 minute Challenge duel.
HAMMIE NIXON luckily beat LADY IN GRAY in a 4 minute Challenge fight.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND dispatched QUEEN OF HEARTS in a 4 minute Challenge brawl.
SNOOP DOGG assassinated BUCKET in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
BOO BOO DAVIS bested MYRMIDUS in a popular 1 minute duel.
BEYOND THE GRAVE devastated DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute bloody mismatched match.
PYROBUG luckily beat FIRE AND STEEL in a action packed 7 minute gruesome melee.
FREDDIE KING won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute novice's duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   2 -  0      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         TOTAL PARRY       23 -  13 -  0      64  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         SLASHING ATTACK   17 -  11 -  0      61  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   21 -  14 -  2      60  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         LUNGING ATTACK     8 -   8 -  0      50  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         BASHING ATTACK     8 -   9 -  2      47  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-STRIKE       3 -   7 -  0      30  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 996 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  SNOOP DOGG 5597             8   2  2  111 FURRY FURY (463)
LUNGING ATTACK   BOO BOO DAVIS 5609          9   3  0   93 BETTER BLUES (365)
SLASHING ATTACK  WITCHFINDER 5615           10   5  0   85 SAXON (492)
TOTAL PARRY      ZORA YOUNG 5602            13  10  0   70 BETTER BLUES (365)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was FIRE AND STEEL 5626.  The ten other most popular fighters were SHEMEKIA 
COPELAND 5619, WITCHFINDER 5615, LADY IN GRAY 5624, QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621, BOO BOO 
DAVIS 5609, BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614, FREDDIE KING 5636, SNOOP DOGG 5597, PYROBUG 5577, 
and TASMANIAN DEVIL 5301.

The least popular fighter this week was ZORA YOUNG 5602.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were MYRMIDUS 5537, BUCKET 5585, HAMMIE NIXON 5611, TASMANIAN DEVIL 5301, 
PYROBUG 5577, SNOOP DOGG 5597, FREDDIE KING 5636, BEYOND THE GRAVE 5614, BOO BOO 
DAVIS 5609, and QUEEN OF HEARTS 5621.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated 
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                         HAWKEYE (3-6680) M*A*S*H 4077  (615) 
                   GIRLFRIED GIRLFRIEND (84-25543) 102811E  (4536) 
                  RAYMOND ZUSSMAN (84-3696) MEDAL OF HONOR J5  (719) 
                     SFC12 (84-23960) MEDAL OF HONOR 113  (4249) 
                  DIRE LAPDOG (85-16884) THIRSTY THUGS 1656  (3094) 
                        IVY MANIAC (85-20516) SBLI 32  (3757) 
                        TEDDY (86-28500) RANDOMNESS 41  (5234) 

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes