DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/23/2024    Duedate: 05/06/2024

ZUKAL ARENA

DM 9    TURN 1005

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PATCHES FLOYD
PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
(9-6466) [17-19-1,116]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PATCHES FLOYD                  ACEY DEUCEY
PET SHOP FLOYD (459)           WILD CARDS (603)
(9-6466) [17-19-1,116]         (9-6554) [3-0-0,31]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

PATCHES FLOYD                  SCHNAUZER FLOYD
PET SHOP FLOYD (459)           PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
(9-6466) [17-19-1,116]         (9-6553) [9-6-1,55]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PET SHOP FLOYD (459)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. THE INSANE GROUP (105)        28 
2. WILD CARDS (603)              23    SINN'RS 'R US (591)
3. PET SHOP FLOYD (459)          21    Unchartered Team
4. SINN'RS 'R US (591)           17 
5. QUEEN (522)                   6     WILD CARDS (603)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0 SINN'RS 'R US (591)       12   2  2 85.7   1/ 1 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      8  4 0
 2- 2 UNHOLY ROLLERS (602)      10   2  0 83.3   2/ 7 THE INSANE GROUP (105)    4  3 0
 3- 3*ORDER OF FOG (594)         3   2  0 60.0   3/ 3 QUEEN (522)               4  4 0
 4/ 4 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)     306 213 17 59.0   4/ 2 BLUE MOON (381)           4  8 0
 5/ 5 QUEEN (522)              505 380 24 57.1   5/ 0*WILD CARDS (603)          2  3 0
 6/ 6 THE INSANE GROUP (105)   106  83 14 56.1   6/ 0 SINN'RS 'R US (591)       1  0 0
 7/ 0*WILD CARDS (603)          10   9  1 52.6   7- 4 UNHOLY ROLLERS (602)      1  0 0
 8/ 7 BLUE MOON (381)          1317 1630 41 44.7   8- 5*ORDER OF FOG (594)        1  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

     Good day, friends and fiends, welcome to your friendly neighborhood spyreport.  
I doubt ZUKAL will ever be the same.  THE INSANE GROUP stable has parlayed this 
turn's 4-1-0 into a 5 space move up the rankings.  This brings them up to 2nd place.  
Good work, guys!  And let's see, SHORT SHEW fought BODY LANGUAGE and gained 25 points 
and contributed to BLUE MOON's 1-3-0.  ECLIPSE has lost to HUSKY FLOYD, falling 6 
points, while helping make BLUE MOON a 1-3-0 turn.  We should ask PATCHES FLOYD about 
the thrill of victory, and what being the new Duelmaster does for a warrior, he's now 
the one to ask.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard from unimpeachable sources 
that The Blue Boar Inn uses trolls in their stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     He who challenges well, fights well.  He who avoids without cause, shall lose 
for good reasons.  My mama told me that one.   
     We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and 
shave it close?  A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to cover 
or hide when the fight is over.  Consider well.   
     Thought for the day, a new sword shines bright, but the notched sword sings the 
sweetest.  Well, I'm burning daylight here in ZUKAL and I've a long road ahead of me. 
Happy Trails.  Until you see my quill in ZUKAL again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PATCHES FLOYD 6466           17  19  1 116         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LUNATIC LARRY 921            28   9  4 104         THE INSANE GROUP (105)    
 SHORT SHEW 6443              13  32  0 102         BLUE MOON (381)           
-HELL ON WHEELS 6548          10   2  0  96         UNHOLY ROLLERS (602)      
 BODY LANGUAGE 6430           26  17  0  95         QUEEN (522)               

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SOFT DOLLS 6514              16  12  0  90         BLUE MOON (381)           
 PLATYPUS FLOYD 6551          13   6  1  90         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 DEMENTED DAN 864             16  21  4  87         THE INSANE GROUP (105)    
 SINNAMON LUV 6452             9   2  0  85         SINN'RS 'R US (591)       

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WIERD WALLY 1134             11  12  0  65         THE INSANE GROUP (105)    
 HUSKY FLOYD 6552             10   8  1  62         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 ROCKIN WORLD 6561             5   1  0  62         QUEEN (522)               

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SCHNAUZER FLOYD 6553          9   6  1  55         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484      8  25  0  49         BLUE MOON (381)           
-SHADOW DANCER 6470            3   2  0  49         ORDER OF FOG (594)        
 ECLIPSE 6540                 11  10  0  43         BLUE MOON (381)           
 BLACKLACED BETTER 5911        8   4  0  39         THE INSANE GROUP (105)    

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ACEY DEUCEY 6554              3   0  0  31         WILD CARDS (603)          
 FANCY FRED 5945               1   1  0  26         THE INSANE GROUP (105)    
 HIS NIBS 6557                 2   2  0  24         WILD CARDS (603)          

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HIS NOBS 6555                 2   3  0  17         WILD CARDS (603)          
 QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580           1   0  0  13         WILD CARDS (603)          

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
MOONAHINW 6568          2  5 1 BLUE MOON 381        BIG CAN O CRAZY 6576  1002  
IBIZAN FLOYD 6586       0  1 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   BESSIE TUCKER 6461    1001 NONE
DEAD MONEY 6565         1  1 0 WILD CARDS 603       STONE GOLEM           1005 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DEAD MONEY was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
SOFT DOLLS was vanquished by PATCHES FLOYD in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
LUNATIC LARRY subdued PLATYPUS FLOYD in a action packed 2 minute bloody fight.
BODY LANGUAGE was devastated by SHORT SHEW in a 2 minute one-sided fight.
DEMENTED DAN was savagely defeated by SINNAMON LUV in a 3 minute master's competition.
ROCKIN WORLD devastated IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? in a unpopular 8 minute mismatched match.
SCHNAUZER FLOYD was defeated by WIERD WALLY in a action packed 3 minute melee.
BLACKLACED BETTER won victory over HIS NIBS in a 1 minute duel.
ECLIPSE was overpowered by HUSKY FLOYD in a 1 minute gory uneven duel.
FANCY FRED defeated HIS NOBS in a action packed 1 minute gory match.
ACEY DEUCEY defeated MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute veteran vs. amateur match.
QUEEN OF CLUBS handily defeated CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided contest.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         AIMED BLOW        13 -   6 -  1      68  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   3         SLASHING ATTACK   13 -   7 -  1      65  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         PARRY-LUNGE        3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         LUNGING ATTACK    19 -  14 -  1      58  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         STRIKING ATTACK   17 -  13 -  2      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         BASHING ATTACK     7 -   7 -  1      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         WALL OF STEEL      4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       5 -   8 -  0      38  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         TOTAL PARRY       11 -  21 -  0      34  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1005 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-LUNGE        2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        1 -  2         3  WALL OF STEEL  
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      2 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-STRIKE       1 -  1                                       1  TOTAL PARRY    
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2                                       1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   LUNATIC LARRY 921          28   9  4  104 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
TOTAL PARRY      BODY LANGUAGE 6430         26  17  0   95 QUEEN (522)
AIMED BLOW       SOFT DOLLS 6514            16  12  0   90 BLUE MOON (381)
WALL OF STEEL    SINNAMON LUV 6452           9   2  0   85 SINN'RS 'R US (591)
BASHING ATTACK   HUSKY FLOYD 6552           10   8  1   62 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
SLASHING ATTACK  ECLIPSE 6540               11  10  0   43 BLUE MOON (381)
PARRY-LUNGE      BLACKLACED BETTER 5911      8   4  0   39 THE INSANE GROUP (105)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is PATCHES FLOYD 6466.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SCHNAUZER FLOYD 6553.  The ten other most popular fighters were SINNAMON LUV 
6452, PLATYPUS FLOYD 6551, SHORT SHEW 6443, DEMENTED DAN 864, DEAD MONEY 6565, 
PATCHES FLOYD 6466, LUNATIC LARRY 921, HUSKY FLOYD 6552, FANCY FRED 5945, and ACEY 
DEUCEY 6554.

The least popular fighter this week was IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484.  The other ten 
least popular fighters were ROCKIN WORLD 6561, ECLIPSE 6540, BODY LANGUAGE 6430, SOFT 
DOLLS 6514, QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580, HIS NOBS 6555, HIS NIBS 6557, BLACKLACED BETTER 
5911, WIERD WALLY 1134, and ACEY DEUCEY 6554.