DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 12/12/2025 Duedate: 12/25/2025
NOBLISH ISLAND ARENA
DM 93 TURN 702
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MOUNTAIN
SKYLINE (1962)
(93-11502) [7-2-0,68]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
POSITION IS EMPTY MOUNTAIN
SKYLINE (1962)
(93-11502) [7-2-0,68]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
ARCH PRICE INCREASE
SKYLINE (1962) BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
(93-11503) [6-3-0,43] (93-11514) [4-1-0,39]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SKYLINE (1962)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SKYLINE (1962) 29
2. MERCENARIES INC. (1963) 24 THE RUSH (537)
3. BASH BROS STAMPS (1964) -21 Unchartered Team
SKYLINE (1962)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*SKYLINE (1962) 34 11 1 75.6 1/ 1*SKYLINE (1962) 10 5 0
2/ 2*MERCENARIES INC. (1963) 11 4 2 73.3 2/ 3*MERCENARIES INC. (1963) 8 2 2
3/ 3*BASH BROS STAMPS (1964) 14 11 1 56.0 3/ 2*BASH BROS STAMPS (1964) 7 8 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
RANDOM TIDBITS of KNOWLEDGE
For Newbies and Oldies
1. It's all about skills in the long run.
2. The best specific STATS for adding skills are:
21 WT = 9
21 DF = 9
11 WT = 8
21 WL = 7
11 DF = 6
3. Encumbrance matters a lot. Overencumbering (e.g. too much weight in armor + helm +
weapons) reduces performance.
4. A fighter short on ST (for the weapon) will increase its endurance burn.
5. There is no "perfect" design for each rollup.
6. All off-hand weapons are exempt from style suitability.
7. The virtues and costs of a very high kill desire are: more offensive, more power,
berserker-like, more likely to kill, less precision, makes more mistakes, easier to
be killed, easier to be riposted (and vice versa for low KD).
8. FE? (Fight equivalent = number of arena fights + number of odd-numbered tournament
fights.) For example, a 4-1-1 arena warrior who went 2-3-0 in a tourney has 5 + 3 =
8FE. Had the warrior gone 3-3-0 in that tourney, he still has 5 + 3 = 8FE.
9. There are charts and info available showing weapon performance and suitability,
endurance factors, stat/skill info, weights, damage-doing , etc,
0. The advanced Duelmaster game is somewhat different than standard Duelmasters.
Warriors have been granted immortality. There are more similarities than
differences.
A. It is best to sign up for DM93 first as it is an introductory arena for new
managers. Experienced managers are there to provide advice and answer questions.
B. Tournaments are held 4 times per year; 2 Mail-Ins, an "Eastern" Face-To-Face, and a
Tempe Face-to-Face.
C. There are four key decision strategies:
* Warrior design (from a roll up sheet) (one-time only)
* Weapon and armor selection (can vary per each fight)
* Fighting actions per minute (can vary for each fight)
* Challenge and Avoid decisions (can lead to an alternate fighting strategy)
D. There are active managers:
* from ages appx 12 through 80
* from virtually all states in the US
* and Canada and Europe
* some having participated for over 40 years.
-- Explorer, a Consortium Fellow
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Uh, I don't want to make a molehill out of a Mountain, (Did I get that right?)
but it is getting rather boring way up here. Come and get me!
-- Mountain, Multi-Time Duelmaster
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in
NOBLISH ISLAND. Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid!
Hey everybody, watch out for SKYSCRAPER, who flew up 15 points in the rankings after
mashing AMBITIOUS GUARD like a melon. Keep your eye on this beast. And falling like
a basher in the top ten was RAN OUT, who dropped 11 points after a disappointing (to
say the least) bout with GIGI ASHBLIGHT. Our Duelmaster has lost, folks, lost to
KUNG-FU MASTER, BUT MOUNTAIN is still the Duelmaster because it has the most
recognition points! 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and
avoid aiming at that location.
Here is other news that is of note. Did you hear that BASH BROS STAMPS was most
avoided team this week? Well, knowing the personal hygiene of BASH BROS STAMPS'
warriors, I'm not surprised! For those of you who like math, try this one: BASH
BROS STAMPS + Weapons That go Boom = SKYLINE + Avoid City. Well dang howdy, but if
challenges were votes, PRICE INCREASE would be president. Although it may be a
contest it doesn't want to win. Well, it looks like TREE wasn't happy with last
turn's rank, so it went for broke by challenging up 26 points. No guts, no glory. I
don't know about you, but when I saw TREE step out on the sands with PRICE INCREASE,
I though it was over before it started. Good upset TREE!
Death is kind of like a new puppy: he's always around wanting to play. (Ha
Zontani, how's that for a wise saying?). Ask not the elves for counsel, for they
will say both yes and no. Silly buggers, eh?
I think I had better cut this one short. It's been nice chatting to those of
you whom I have not offended yet. Well, there goes another Spy Report. Good luck in
next week's fights. Its been fun, and I'm sure you enjoyed it (boos). Now that I've
got you worked up for Snide Clemens, I'll be leaving-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOUNTAIN 11502 7 2 0 68 SKYLINE (1962)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CUMULO NIMBUS 11506 8 1 1 54 SKYLINE (1962)
TREE 11504 7 2 0 47 SKYLINE (1962)
SKYSCRAPER 11505 6 3 0 45 SKYLINE (1962)
ARCH 11503 6 3 0 43 SKYLINE (1962)
PRICE INCREASE 11514 4 1 0 39 BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DARRIAN NUV 11511 3 0 1 29 MERCENARIES INC. (1963)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHAIM ANG 11509 2 1 0 23 MERCENARIES INC. (1963)
DIETHEN DUNDAB 11512 3 0 0 22 MERCENARIES INC. (1963)
GIGI ASHBLIGHT 11513 2 1 0 21 MERCENARIES INC. (1963)
MAIL ORDER CHARGE 11516 2 3 0 18 BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
POSTAGE DUE 11518 3 2 0 17 BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
RAN OUT 11515 3 2 1 12 BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
EXTRA CHARGES 11517 2 3 0 9 BASH BROS STAMPS (1964)
KYLER MAR 11510 1 2 1 7 MERCENARIES INC. (1963)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MORDANT DESERTER 0 0 0 DARRIAN NUV 11511 702 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Run, run, run, you can't catch us! For we are the gingerbread men. -- The Warriors of
Skyline
Come on, Assur. Pen a few. -- Explorer
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
TREE unbelievably bested PRICE INCREASE in a crowd pleasing 9 minute Challenge fight.
MOUNTAIN was subdued by KUNG-FU MASTER in a 2 minute Title melee.
CUMULO NIMBUS was demolished by VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
ARCH devastated MAIL ORDER CHARGE in a 2 minute gory one-sided contest.
SKYSCRAPER demolished AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
CHAIM ANG vanquished EXTRA CHARGES in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
KYLER MAR was savagely defeated by POSTAGE DUE in a 3 minute gory amateur's brawl.
DARRIAN NUV easily killed MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven melee.
DIETHEN DUNDAB won victory over PERSISTANT BEGGAR in a 4 minute novice's duel.
GIGI ASHBLIGHT slimly won victory over RAN OUT in a 5 minute brutal novice's fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 3 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 4 - 1 79 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 4 - 0 73 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 11 - 4 - 2 73 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 SLASHING ATTACK 11 - 4 - 1 73 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 3 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 15 - 9 - 1 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 9 - 1 55 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 5 - 0 44 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 AIMED BLOW 7 - 12 - 1 37 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 702 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:
PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 LUNGING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW
1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK MOUNTAIN 11502 7 2 0 68 SKYLINE (1962)
STRIKING ATTACK CUMULO NIMBUS 11506 8 1 1 54 SKYLINE (1962)
TOTAL PARRY TREE 11504 7 2 0 47 SKYLINE (1962)
SLASHING ATTACK SKYSCRAPER 11505 6 3 0 45 SKYLINE (1962)
LUNGING ATTACK ARCH 11503 6 3 0 43 SKYLINE (1962)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is ARCH 11503. The most popular warrior this turn was
PRICE INCREASE 11514. The ten other most popular fighters were POSTAGE DUE 11518,
ARCH 11503, KYLER MAR 11510, MOUNTAIN 11502, SKYSCRAPER 11505, CHAIM ANG 11509,
DARRIAN NUV 11511, TREE 11504, CUMULO NIMBUS 11506, and MAIL ORDER CHARGE 11516.
The least popular fighter this week was DIETHEN DUNDAB 11512. The other ten least
popular fighters were RAN OUT 11515, GIGI ASHBLIGHT 11513, EXTRA CHARGES 11517, MAIL
ORDER CHARGE 11516, CUMULO NIMBUS 11506, TREE 11504, DARRIAN NUV 11511, CHAIM ANG
11509, SKYSCRAPER 11505, and MOUNTAIN 11502.