DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 12/24/2025    Duedate: 01/20/2026

STORMCROWE ARENA

DM 45    TURN 497

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

SHIELDGORE
DARQUE FORCES (428)
(45-5756) [28-12-0,105]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

SHIELDGORE                     SPLATTER
DARQUE FORCES (428)            FAR TRAVELERS 2512 (592)
(45-5756) [28-12-0,105]        (45-5881) [3-0-0,44]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

THE BRUTE SQUAD                MOSAG
AVID FANS (65)                 OF WOLF & GIANT (589)
(45-5326) [20-38-2,101]        (45-5855) [9-4-2,48]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

UNIQUIE ONE (593)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. CRAMBUS CLONES (601)          39 
2. FAR TRAVELERS 2512 (592)      34    DARQUE FORCES (428)
3. DRACO (594)                   28    Unchartered Team
4. TIME STALLYANS (547)          24 
5. OF WOLF & GIANT (589)         22    DRACO (594)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*DRACO (594)                4   0  0 100.   1/ 1*UNIQUIE ONE (593)         9  2 0
 2/ 3*FAR TRAVELERS 2512 (592)   5   2  0 71.4   2/ 2 OF WOLF & GIANT (589)     9  6 2
 3/ 2*UNIQUIE ONE (593)         10   5  0 66.7   3/ 3 DARQUE FORCES (428)       8  7 0
 4/ 4 DARQUE FORCES (428)      798 537 42 59.8   4/ 9*FAR TRAVELERS 2512 (592)  4  0 0
 5/ 5 OF WOLF & GIANT (589)     31  25  4 55.4   5/14*DRACO (594)               4  0 0
 6- 7 FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)  47  38  2 55.3   6/ 4 GOING BERSERK (527)       4  2 0
 7/ 6 HOWLIN SLAUGHTER (563)    88  72  4 55.0   7/10 AVID FANS (65)            4  4 0
 8/ 8 GOING BERSERK (527)      192 160 12 54.5   8/ 6*WARRIOR CATS (598)        4  9 0
 9/ 9 AVID FANS (65)           332 309 26 51.8   9- 5*BUSHWOOD '25 (596)        3  4 0
10/ 0 RAT PAK (79)              85  81  3 51.2  10/13 DEAD SILENCE (581)        3 12 1
11-10 OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)  64  66  3 49.2  11/15*MMM BEER 1 (599)          2  6 0
12/11 TIME STALLYANS (547)      95 112 11 45.9  12- 7 OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)  2  8 0
13-12*BUSHWOOD '25 (596)         5   6  0 45.5  13/ 0*CRAMBUS CLONES (601)      1  4 0
14/13 BATTLE SHIPS (552)        54  74  2 42.2  14/ 0*PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)    1  4 0
15/15*WARRIOR CATS (598)         8  13  0 38.1  15/17 TIME STALLYANS (547)      1  5 0
16/16 ABATTOIR 5 BLADES (535)   59 101  3 36.9  16/12 BATTLE SHIPS (552)        1  5 0
17/17 DEAD SILENCE (581)        48  92  2 34.3  17/ 8 HOWLIN SLAUGHTER (563)    0  6 0
18/ 0*CRAMBUS CLONES (601)       1   4  0 20.0  18/16 ABATTOIR 5 BLADES (535)   0  3 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19/ 0*PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)     1   4  0 20.0  19/ 0 RAT PAK (79)              0  2 0
20/18*MMM BEER 1 (599)           2   9  0 18.2  20-18 FAVORITE SAYINGS 7 (569)  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.

I'm sure you're all wondering how I did it.  How did I make it to the height of 
success in Stormcrowe and even achieve immortality, while maintaining a healthy work / 
life balance, enjoying an active social life and a happy family? 

I'll tell you. 

I hadn't seen or spoken with my family all year, until Thanksgiving.  That made both 
of us happy.  Even Thanksgiving dinner (my brother's new wife is vegan, and she's 
always trying to spread the disease) couldn't ruin the immaculate vibes a little space 
(not to mention silence) provided.  I'm probably pushing my luck going back for 
Christmas but that's me; I like to live on the edge.

An active social life is easy when you're as much fun as I am.  It's a gift; I can't 
teach it.  I can't turn it off.

As for my success on the sands, well ... That. Is. A. Mystery. Hitting 50 FE with 
enough Political Points put me over the top.  To say that I started from humble 
beginnings would be an insult to humble beginnings.  You might say I just kept showing 
up, not dying, and (most importantly) not complaining.  My reward: a single Expert in 
Parry.  It's a rarely used strategy for success.  Maybe I should write a book? 17(1)-
15(1)-8-8(3)-21(1)-11-11(1) Tremendous endurance / Good damage, Broadsword fav; LO / 
LO rhythm; Attack favorite learn.  Which is ironic, since I started a -3 base.  When 
my opponents taunted for me not "not knowing nothin' 'bout Attacking" it hurt.  It 
really hurt!  I aspired to not knowing nothing!

I'm sure Abalech-Re is grinding her teeth right now, wondering how she ever lost 
(three times!) to me.  I mean, she was trying really hard to win.  If I'm honest, I 
did feel a little bit badabout defeating her.  But losing would have felt worse.

I'm off to the Dark Arena and then retirement.  I'm so old I thought about re-starting 
my blog but the company apparently went out of business.  I've heard there's this 
thing called Tik Tok; maybe I'll try that.  How hard can it be?

Toodles!  

                                      -- Ride of Die, your once and forever Duelmaster

                                      SPY REPORT

     I can't believe the violence in STORMCROWE!  I still haven't told Mom I'm 
writing Spyreports.  She'd have a cow!  Well, here we go...  Uncool, HOWLIN 
SLAUGHTER.  I mean 0-1-0 is bad.  Will they will be allowed to fight?  I say use 'em 
for training practice!  DRACO like really fought hard to move up to 5th from 14th.  
Way to go!  MVP award for CHAUDRY?  FAR TRAVELERS 2512's proud of him after beating 
FIRESTAR and getting 18 points.  Talk about yer big time losers!  FIRESTAR got 
smashed by CHAUDRY, and lost 14 points!  HORRACH thinks his 9-12-0 and studly 
character is good enough to face up to the Duelmaster.  Any bets?  Don't you think 
the Duelmaster is being unfair?  I think YAK should let HORRACH be Duelmaster for a 
while, without fighting about it.  Is the Duelmaster really being a real snob to his 
teammates?  Don't ask me!   
     Look, you guys stick to fighting, all right?  DARQUE FORCES was the most avoided 
team.  Is a 798-537-42 record really that scary?  Hhmph!  What kind of warriors are 
DEAD SILENCE?  DARQUE FORCES, an easy team to beat if I ever saw one, can't get them 
to accept an invitation!  Can DEAD SILENCE's DENNORUS be more popular than me?  He 
was challenged the most, but is that really the same?  FLAKE is being unfair.  She's 
challenged down 28 against OLEWAIN.  I don't know why they let this stuff go on.  
(I'd better shut up) I was sorry to see such an unfair "fight" in STORMCROWE.  FLAKE 
got 4 points after beating OLEWAIN, 28 points below her.   
     Man, all these warriors dying and killing each other!  Don't you guys ever give 
it a break?  Fight, fight, fight.  Is that all you guys can do?   
     Remember, blood on a purple robe may stain.  Soak it in cold water, and hand 
wash.  I gotta leave.  STORMCROWE 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                  
 SHIELDGORE 5756              28  12  0 105         DARQUE FORCES (428)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ONTOR 5709                   15  16  2 113         GOING BERSERK (527)       
-YAMATO 5083                  16  14  0 111         BATTLE SHIPS (552)        
 THE BRUTE SQUAD 5326         20  38  2 101         AVID FANS (65)            
 PEANUT SALESMAN 5676         17  15  0  94         AVID FANS (65)            
 HORRACH 5806                  9  12  0  91         DEAD SILENCE (581)        

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LUSCIOUS MALFOY 5824         11   8  1  89         DARQUE FORCES (428)       
 MAULY TOV 5837                9   7  1  78         DARQUE FORCES (428)       
 BULLS 5758                   10   4  0  75         GOING BERSERK (527)       
-ME EITHER 5268               13  13  0  74         OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)  
 WEKRUS 5856                   9   4  0  72         OF WOLF & GIANT (589)     

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRIMAL CUT 5633              12   8  2  59         HOWLIN SLAUGHTER (563)    

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GATE KEEPER 5811              8   3  0  53         AVID FANS (65)            
 DENNORUS 5763                12  14  1  51         DEAD SILENCE (581)        
 MOSAG 5855                    9   4  2  48         OF WOLF & GIANT (589)     
-CORRECT STYLE 5618            6   4  0  46         OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)  
 SPLATTER 5881                 3   0  0  44         FAR TRAVELERS 2512 (592)  
-IRMA 5315                     8   9  0  36         OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)  

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 A'MAIMING GRACE 5834          8   9  0  33         DARQUE FORCES (428)       
 KEY MASTER 5825               6   5  0  33         AVID FANS (65)            
 FLAKE 5904                    3   0  0  33         UNIQUIE ONE (593)         
 CHAUDRY 5880                  2   0  0  31         FAR TRAVELERS 2512 (592)  
 PROFOUND 5953                 3   0  0  28         UNIQUIE ONE (593)         

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SANDSTORM 5943                1   2  0  18         WARRIOR CATS (598)        
 PBR 5947                      2   0  0  17         MMM BEER 1 (599)          
 SUNRISE MYSTERY 6008          1   0  0  16         PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)    
-ODDITY 5967                   1   0  0  16         UNIQUIE ONE (593)         
-LONG BALL 5932                1   0  0  16         BUSHWOOD '25 (596)        
-CHESTY 5902                   1   1  0  16         UNIQUIE ONE (593)         
-FALL IN LINE 5631             3   5  0  14         OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)  
 ELTANIN 5915                  2   0  0  14         DRACO (594)               
-LOOPER 5931                   3   0  0  13         BUSHWOOD '25 (596)        
 MALDRIM 5896                  2   4  0  13         DEAD SILENCE (581)        
 RAVENPAW 5939                 3   2  0  11         WARRIOR CATS (598)        
 FIRESTAR 5941                 3   2  0  11         WARRIOR CATS (598)        
 RASTABAN 5918                 1   0  0  11         DRACO (594)               
 COKE BOTTLE 5993              1   0  0  11         CRAMBUS CLONES (601)      
 LOTCHUCK 5888                 1   7  0  10         DEAD SILENCE (581)        

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FROLIC 5905                   2   1  0   9         UNIQUIE ONE (593)         
 BLUESTAR 5942                 1   4  0   9         WARRIOR CATS (598)        
 THUBAN 5916                   1   0  0   9         DRACO (594)               
 UKTOR 5955                    1   2  0   7         OF WOLF & GIANT (589)     
 DELILAH SWORD-DANCER 5912     1   0  0   7         TIME STALLYANS (547)      
-LOIN RANGER 5914              1   2  0   5         HOWLIN SLAUGHTER (563)    
 DINAH MITE 5958               0   4  0   4         DARQUE FORCES (428)       
 SANDTIGER 5911                0   2  0   2         TIME STALLYANS (547)      
 OLEWAIN 5981                  0   2  0   2         DEAD SILENCE (581)        
 SHUH 6007                     0   1  0   1         PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)    
-GOOD WOOD 5980                0   1  0   1         BUSHWOOD '25 (596)        
 SILENT DEER 6010              0   1  0   1         PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)    
 LARATAGL 6006                 0   1  0   1         PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)    
 IGL 6009                      0   1  0   1         PHILANTROPISTS30 (602)    

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DUH TORCH WARRIO 6003   0  1 0 ABATTOIR 5 BLADE 535 DARK CHAMPION          497 NONE
CON 6001                0  1 0 BATTLE SHIPS 552     STONE GOLEM            497 NONE
FRONT NINE 5933         1  1 0 BUSHWOOD '25 596     MOSAG 5855             495  
2 5994                  0  1 0 CRAMBUS CLONES 601   HIGH ELF               497 NONE
3 5995                  0  1 0 CRAMBUS CLONES 601   DARK CHAMPION          497 NONE
4 5996                  0  1 0 CRAMBUS CLONES 601   SPYMASTER              497 NONE
5 5997                  0  1 0 CRAMBUS CLONES 601   BANDIT PRINCE          497 NONE
NASH 5925               0  3 0 DEAD SILENCE 581     BOOLB 5956             495 REVENGED
BYE 6004                0  1 0 MMM BEER 1 599       DARK CHAMPION          497 NONE
HOPE 5982               0  1 0 MMM BEER 1 599       SPYMASTER              497 NONE
BOOLB 5956              1  1 1 OF WOLF & GIANT 589  DENNORUS 5763          496  
DA1 6002                0  1 0 OF WOLF & GIANT 589  STONE GOLEM            497 NONE
WILLOWISP 5957          1  2 0 OF WOLF & GIANT 589  MOUNTAIN TROLL         497 NONE
WAPENTAKE-RAT 5743      1  1 0 RAT PAK 79           STONE GOLEM            497 NONE
ZED-RAT 5671            4  4 0 RAT PAK 79           MOUNTAIN TROLL         497 NONE
LARGATHA 5963           0  1 0 TIME STALLYANS 547   SPYMASTER              497 NONE
LITTLE JOHN 5964        0  1 0 TIME STALLYANS 547   WURM KIN               497 NONE
STARLORD 5978           0  1 0 TIME STALLYANS 547   BANDIT PRINCE          497 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Master Darque of the very Darque family, The Consortium will participate in your 
Masked Madness in this arena and have already sent a note to RSI to deduct the 2 RUs. 
We will enter our Mystery Warrior to your DarqueB  sorcery location soon and would be 
quite angry if you cast a Darque spell on it. Our team will arrive sooner or later all 
full of blessings, so hands off, you Darque Cretin! -- The Consortium

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ZED-RAT was butchered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
WAPENTAKE-RAT was slaughtered by STONE GOLEM in a 3 minute gruesome Dark Arena battle.
WILLOWISP was murdered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
LARGATHA was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena brawl.
5 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
CON was savagely slain by STONE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena match.
DUH TORCH WARRIOR was viciously butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute fight.
HOPE was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena competition.
BYE was assassinated by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
2 was slaughtered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena duel.
3 was dispatched by DARK CHAMPION in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
4 was slaughtered by SPYMASTER in a popular 1 minute gory Dark Arena duel.
LITTLE JOHN was executed by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
STARLORD was executed by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was murdered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena match.
HORRACH was devastated by YAK in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
LUSCIOUS MALFOY subdued BULLS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Challenge match.
GATE KEEPER outlasted DENNORUS in a tiring 12 minute master's Challenge conflict.
FLAKE overpowered OLEWAIN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge struggle.
SPLATTER handily defeated A'MAIMING GRACE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge bout.
CHAUDRY devastated FIRESTAR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge brawl.
THE BRUTE SQUAD was beaten by SHIELDGORE in a exciting 4 minute veteran's Title match.
PEANUT SALESMAN beat MAULY TOV in a crowd pleasing 1 minute fight.
PRIMAL CUT was bested by WEKRUS in a popular 1 minute contest.
MOSAG savagely defeated KEY MASTER in a exciting 8 minute gory duel.
MALDRIM overcame UKTOR in a 2 minute duel.
LOTCHUCK was overcome by ELTANIN in a 1 minute contest.
PROFOUND overpowered TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 4 minute one-sided match.
DINAH MITE was luckily beaten by BLUESTAR in a 2 minute novice's duel.
PBR overpowered IGL in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
RAVENPAW was defeated by SUNRISE MYSTERY in a exciting 1 minute beginner's match.
SANDTIGER was vanquished by COKE BOTTLE in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
DELILAH SWORD-DANCER overcame SILENT DEER in a action packed 1 minute amateur's bout.
THUBAN narrowly defeated SHUH in a 3 minute gruesome novice's fight.
RASTABAN handily defeated LARATAGL in a 1 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK                 10         TOTAL PARRY       27 -  24 -  0      53  |
|AIMED BLOW                       9         LUNGING ATTACK    41 -  37 -  0      53  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   9         PARRY-LUNGE        4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   8         WALL OF STEEL     14 -  19 -  4      42  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      6         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   3 -  0      40  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  6         AIMED BLOW        23 -  37 -  0      38  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    4         SLASHING ATTACK   14 -  24 -  1      37  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  26 -  0      37  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK    17 -  43 -  0      28  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  10 -  0       0  |

Turn 497 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        4 -  2     AIMED BLOW         2 -  7         3  BASHING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  3     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  5         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    5 -  5     BASHING ATTACK     1 -  8         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  2     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
                              PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      SHIELDGORE 5756            28  12  0  105 DARQUE FORCES (428)
LUNGING ATTACK   PEANUT SALESMAN 5676       17  15  0   94 AVID FANS (65)
SLASHING ATTACK  LUSCIOUS MALFOY 5824       11   8  1   89 DARQUE FORCES (428)
BASHING ATTACK   MAULY TOV 5837              9   7  1   78 DARQUE FORCES (428)
AIMED BLOW       BULLS 5758                 10   4  0   75 GOING BERSERK (527)
WALL OF STEEL    MOSAG 5855                  9   4  2   48 OF WOLF & GIANT (589)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is THE BRUTE SQUAD 5326.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was CON 6001.  The ten other most popular fighters were MOSAG 5855, THE BRUTE 
SQUAD 5326, WEKRUS 5856, SHUH 6007, PEANUT SALESMAN 5676, MALDRIM 5896, DINAH MITE 
5958, SUNRISE MYSTERY 6008, LUSCIOUS MALFOY 5824, and FLAKE 5904.

The least popular fighter this week was GATE KEEPER 5811.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were DENNORUS 5763, KEY MASTER 5825, PROFOUND 5953, WAPENTAKE-RAT 
5743, LARATAGL 6006, SANDTIGER 5911, IGL 6009, LOTCHUCK 5888, FIRESTAR 5941, and 
A'MAIMING GRACE 5834.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

ME TOO (45-5267) OTIS LIKES LUNGERS (565)
YAK (45-5296) GOING BERSERK (527)