DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/01/2025    Duedate: 07/14/2025

ZUKAL ARENA

DM 9    TURN 1036

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

JOSALYN
WRATHMEN KOGO (577)
(9-6306) [10-1-1,118]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

JOSALYN                        TRACER
WRATHMEN KOGO (577)            BULLET BOYS (496)
(9-6306) [10-1-1,118]          (9-5897) [1-0-0,9]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

THE ZONK                       JOSALYN
NEON FENCERS 2 (606)           WRATHMEN KOGO (577)
(9-6594) [15-15-1,70]          (9-6306) [10-1-1,118]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

PET SHOP FLOYD (459)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WILD CARDS (603)              40 
2. BULLET BOYS (496)             29    WRATHMEN KOGO (577)
3. NEON FENCERS 2 (606)          22    Unchartered Team
4. PET SHOP FLOYD (459)          10 
5. WRATHMEN KOGO (577)           4     BULLET BOYS (496)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 WRATHMEN KOGO (577)       10   1  1 90.9   1/ 1 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      8  6 0
 2- 2 ERRATA (595)              17  10  0 63.0   2/ 2 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      7  6 0
 3/ 3 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)     385 278 20 58.1   3/ 3 WILD CARDS (603)          4  2 1
 4/ 4 WILD CARDS (603)          34  30  5 53.1   4/ 4 DEVIATION (523)           4  3 1
 5/ 5 DEVIATION (523)           64  61  4 51.2   5/ 6 WRATHMEN KOGO (577)       3  0 1
 6/ 6 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      65  73  2 47.1   6- 5 ERRATA (595)              2  5 0
 7/ 7 BLUE MOON (381)          1340 1685 41 44.3   7/ 0*BULLET BOYS (496)         1  2 0
 8/ 0*BULLET BOYS (496)          4   8  0 33.3   8/ 7 BLUE MOON (381)           0  6 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon ZUKAL, for I, 
Novgorodny Vir, have returned!  WILD CARDS had cause to celebrate, after QUEEN OF 
CLUBS got 24 points by beating IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT?.  FLOYD TROUT certainly had a 
baffled expression on his face, after losing to RESTORATION and losing 5 points in 
the process!  The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as THE ZONK faced 
ZUKAL's Duelmaster.  THE ZONK found out that ZUKAL isn't a democracy.  You've gotta 
be the best to be Duelmaster here!  Word has it one team in ZUKAL is using psychics 
to predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     And how sociable are ZUKAL's warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Justice was served as 
BLITZBOLT fought KJACK in bloodfeud.  Well done, NEON FENCERS 2!  Ask not a spymaster 
for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious 
stupor.   
     Do not think spyreporting in ZUKAL is the highlight of my life.  As if buffeted 
by forces of nature beyond my control, I must take my leave of this place.  ZUKAL, I 
leave you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Blue Boar Inn.  'Til 
next time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JOSALYN 6306                 10   1  1 118         WRATHMEN KOGO (577)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ODRAL 6473                    9   0  0 113         ERRATA (595)              
 RESTORATION 6602             18  10  0 108         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      
-PESSAR 6474                   7   1  0  96         ERRATA (595)              

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484     11  53  0  86         BLUE MOON (381)           
 QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580           9   6  0  84         WILD CARDS (603)          
 FLOYD TROUT 6603             17  12  0  82         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 SMALL BLIND 6619              8   2  3  82         WILD CARDS (603)          
 THE ZONK 6594                15  15  1  70         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLITZBOLT 6629                9   5  1  66         NEON FENCERS 2 (606)      

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PRY BAR 6618                 10  11  0  54         DEVIATION (523)           
 KJACK 6676                    5   2  1  50         DEVIATION (523)           
 CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630          9   9  2  38         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BOMBAY FLOYD 6683             4   0  0  32         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BETTER OFF DEB 6689           2   0  0  20         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      
 TRACER 5897                   1   0  0   9         BULLET BOYS (496)         
 AZCERE 6680                   0   4  0   4         BLUE MOON (381)           
 TOBY TERRIER 6700             0   1  0   1         PET SHOP FLOYD (459)      

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
22 LR 6234              0  1 0 BULLET BOYS 496      HIGH ELF              1036 NONE
Z-MAX 5995              0  1 0 BULLET BOYS 496      MASTER ZROF ONE-      1036 NONE
HAKTUA 6653             4  3 0 DEVIATION 523        SMALL BLIND 6619      1033  
DEMON PRISM 6671        3  3 0 NEON FENCERS 2 606   KJACK 6676            1035 JUST REVENGED
THE DEACON 6591        15 14 0 NEON FENCERS 2 606   JOSALYN 6306          1035  
BULLMASTIFF FLOY 6650   8  5 0 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   SMALL BLIND 6619      1035  
SHIH TZU FLOYD 6674     3  1 1 PET SHOP FLOYD 459   BLITZBOLT 6629        1032 REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Well, now this team is hardly worth running. Both ABs killed on the same turn. Not 
cool, Zukal, not cool at all. -- Neon Necromancer

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

22 LR was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
Z-MAX was slaughtered by MASTER ZROF ONE-EYE in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
THE ZONK was overpowered by JOSALYN in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud Title duel.
BLITZBOLT devastated KJACK in a 1 minute one-sided Bloodfeud fight.
RESTORATION demolished FLOYD TROUT in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? was vanquished by QUEEN OF CLUBS in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
SMALL BLIND handily defeated M. CHARDINEE in a 2 minute uneven fight.
CHIHUAHUA FLOYD lost to PRY BAR in a action packed 1 minute duel.
BOMBAY FLOYD vanquished OSKSI NOBLE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
AZCERE was vanquished by BETTER OFF DEB in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
TRACER savagely defeated TOBY TERRIER in a 5 minute gory novice's melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK                  4         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -   9 -  2      71  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    3         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   5 -  2      62  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         AIMED BLOW        14 -  10 -  2      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK   14 -  13 -  1      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK   26 -  28 -  2      48  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    14 -  17 -  0      45  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   7 -  1      22  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         TOTAL PARRY        3 -  14 -  0      18  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 1036 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:

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

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       JOSALYN 6306               10   1  1  118 WRATHMEN KOGO (577)
LUNGING ATTACK   RESTORATION 6602           18  10  0  108 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)
BASHING ATTACK   QUEEN OF CLUBS 6580         9   6  0   84 WILD CARDS (603)
SLASHING ATTACK  FLOYD TROUT 6603           17  12  0   82 PET SHOP FLOYD (459)
WALL OF STEEL    SMALL BLIND 6619            8   2  3   82 WILD CARDS (603)
STRIKING ATTACK  BLITZBOLT 6629              9   5  1   66 NEON FENCERS 2 (606)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is THE ZONK 6594.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was JOSALYN 6306.  The ten other most popular fighters were RESTORATION 6602, QUEEN 
OF CLUBS 6580, SMALL BLIND 6619, PRY BAR 6618, TRACER 5897, BLITZBOLT 6629, BOMBAY 
FLOYD 6683, BETTER OFF DEB 6689, Z-MAX 5995, and IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484.

The least popular fighter this week was TOBY TERRIER 6700.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FLOYD TROUT 6603, KJACK 6676, THE ZONK 6594, 22 LR 6234, AZCERE 
6680, CHIHUAHUA FLOYD 6630, IT'S A JOKE, RIGHT? 6484, Z-MAX 5995, BETTER OFF DEB 
6689, and BOMBAY FLOYD 6683.