DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 04/18/2024    Duedate: 05/15/2024

DRAGONHEAD ARENA

DM 72    TURN 404

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

CIGARETTE BUTTS
BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400)
(72-10531) [12-12-0,110]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

FLICKERING                     SLOWINFASTLANE
BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021)        BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)
(72-8048) [35-0-0,156]         (72-6611) [7-2-0,90]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

UNFULFILLING                   SCARY DUDE
BASH BROS SEX (1336)           BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400)
(72-10916) [14-14-0,84]        (72-10528) [19-5-2,109]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BASH BROS STAR TREK (1473)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WOMEN OF CHATZY (1726)        46 
2. BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400)     23    BASH BROS KEYS (959)
3. PLATINUM HORDE (1718)         15    Unchartered Team
4. BB HARDWOOD FLOOR (1607)      15 
5. BASH BROS STAR TREK (1473)    15    POSITION IS EMPTY

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2*THIRD SPACE (1615)         3   0  1 100.   1/ 2*BASH BROS STAR TRE (1473) 8  4 1
 2- 4*SIERRA NEVADA 2 (1618)     2   0  0 100.   2- 4*BB GOVERNMENT (1556)      6  0 0
 3/ 0*TIN MEN (1720)             1   0  0 100.   3/ 1 DISARM (954)              6  3 0
 4/ 0*ABC (1719)                 1   0  0 100.   4/ 7*BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)  6  3 0
 5/ 5 BASH BROS KEYS (959)      22   2  0 91.7   5/ 3 BASH BROS CHAIR (1020)    5  1 0
 6- 6*BB GOVERNMENT (1556)      16   2  0 88.9   6/ 5 BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400) 5  1 0
 7/ 7 BASH BROS SUPERBOW (1438) 60  15  1 80.0   7/ 6 BB HARDWOOD FLOOR (1607)  5  1 0
 8/ 8 BASH BROS MIRROR (1002)   24   6  1 80.0   8/11*BASH BROS TEA (1552)      4  2 0
 9/12 BB HARDWOOD FLOOR (1607)  23   7  0 76.7   9/22*PLATINUM HORDE (1718)     3  0 0
10/ 9 BASH BROS CHAIR (1020)    29   9  1 76.3  10/12 BASH BROS KEYS (959)      3  0 0
11-11 BB SCOTT BORAS (936)      16   5  0 76.2  11/ 8 BASH BROS MIRROR (1002)   3  0 0
12/14 BASH BROS TEETH (1037)    19   6  0 76.0  12/19 BASH BROS JACKET (1157)   3  0 0
13/23*GIANTS & GOLEMS IV (1380)  3   1  1 75.0  13/24 BASH BROS SUPERBOW (1438) 3  3 0
14/ 3*GIANTS & GOLEMS V (1381)   3   1  0 75.0  14/27 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021)   2  0 0
15/22*PLATINUM HORDE (1718)      3   1  0 75.0  15/ 0 FREELANCERS (576)         2  0 0
16/15 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021)   89  30  1 74.8  16/20*GIANTS & GOLEMS IV (1380) 2  1 1
17/13*BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)  23   8  0 74.2  17/ 9*GIANTS & GOLEMS V (1381)  2  1 0
18/10 BASH BROS HAT (1553)      16   6  1 72.7  18/18 BASH BROS TEETH (1037)    2  1 0

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
19-16 BASH BROS DVD (1459)      13   5  0 72.2  19/23 BASH BROS HAT (1553)      2  1 0
20/17 BASH BROS MANAGER9 (1109) 23   9  2 71.9  20/32 BASH BROS MANAGER9 (1109) 2  1 0
21-19*ON TAP 7 (1527)            6   3  0 66.7  21/10 SPACE ACTION 99 (418)     2  1 0
22/28 BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400) 31  17  2 64.6  22/ 0*TIN MEN (1720)            1  0 0
23/18*BASH BROS STAR TRE (1473) 18  10  1 64.3  23-28 CANADIAN ARTISTS (1418)   1  0 0
24/24 DISARM (954)              50  28  1 64.1  24-13 CANADIAN ARTISTS 6 (1421) 1  0 0
25/27 BASH BROS JACKET (1157)   32  18  2 64.0  25-14 BASH BROS DVD (1459)      1  0 0
26-26 CANADIAN ARTISTS 6 (1421)  7   4  0 63.6  26-16*THIRD SPACE (1615)        1  0 0
27/29*BASH BROS TEA (1552)       7   5  0 58.3  27-15*SIERRA NEVADA 2 (1618)    1  0 0
28/30 BASH BROS SEX (1336)      34  25  0 57.6  28/ 0*ABC (1719)                1  0 0
29-31 ON TAP 6 (1526)            8   6  1 57.1  29-35*ON TAP 3 (1523)           1  1 0
30/32 SPACE ACTION 99 (418)    118 103 10 53.4  30/17*GIANTS & GOLEMS VI (1382) 1  2 0
31/34*GIANTS & GOLEMS II (1378)  3   3  0 50.0  31/21*GIANTS & GOLEMS VI (1384) 1  2 0
32/20*GIANTS & GOLEMS VI (1382)  2   2  1 50.0  32/33*GIANTS & GOLEMS (1375)    1  2 0
33/37*GIANTS & GOLEMS (1375)     2   2  0 50.0  33/36*GIANTS & GOLEMS II (1378) 1  2 0
34/21*GIANTS & GOLEMS VI (1384)  2   2  0 50.0  34/ 0*WOMEN OF CHATZY (1726)    1  4 0
35/ 0 FREELANCERS (576)        129 133 11 49.2  35/37 BASH BROS SEX (1336)      0  3 0
36/33 GIANTS & GOLEMS IX (1570) 10  16  2 38.5  36/34 GIANTS & GOLEMS IX (1570) 0  3 0
37-35 CANADIAN ARTISTS (1418)    6  11  1 35.3  37/38*GIANTS & GOLEMS II (1379) 0  3 0
38-36 ON TAP 2 (1522)            6  11  0 35.3  38-30 ON TAP 6 (1526)           0  1 0
39-38*ON TAP 3 (1523)            1   2  0 33.3  39-31*ON TAP 7 (1527)           0  1 0
40/ 0*WOMEN OF CHATZY (1726)     1   4  0 20.0  40-29 BB SCOTT BORAS (936)      0  1 0
41/39*GIANTS & GOLEMS II (1379)  0   4  0  0.0  41-39 ON TAP 2 (1522)           0  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

     Greetings, Warriors of DRAGONHEAD.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to 
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  Nothing is certain 
in DRAGONHEAD, with changing loyalties, changing Duelmasters.  Write this down:  new 
top team--BASH BROS STAR TREK.  Perhaps it is PLATINUM HORDE members' intannibility 
that enabled them to move from 22nd to 9th last week...  (Less time in the sun...) 
Like a chunk of francium heaved into a wet pond, BASH BROS SUPERBOWL blew up the 
rankings to 11!  Managers were muttering after BASH BROS LIGHTS showed DRAGONHEAD 
what they could do:  1-0-0 to move up by 13.  Perhaps it is BASH BROS MANAGER9 
members' intannibility that enabled them to move from 32nd to 20th last week...  
(Less time in the sun...) The boys at SPACE ACTION 99 aren't the happy-go-lucky bunch 
we all know and love, after suffering a 11 drop last week.  Thinking about sending 
their team manager to the Dark Arena is GIANTS & GOLEMS VI, after suffering a 13 drop 
in ranking.  Practice pays for TWSS, who pummelled STONE GIANT, to pocket 21 points.  
A certain someone should cut down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 16 
points to VENEMOUS CONCUBINE.  (Discrete enough, LOOSE FIT?) Like a flirtacious 
debutante, DRAGONHEAD's Duelmaster RIP found himself the man of the hour, being 
"invited to dance" 4 times!  The arena was more crowded than usual this time, as 
CIGARETTE BUTTS faced DRAGONHEAD's Duelmaster.  What can be a greater victory?  
CIGARETTE BUTTS has taken his place as the top, as DRAGONHEAD's new Duelmaster.  So 
who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk?  Sounds 
like a PR stunt to me.   
     So much to report, so little time!  Perhaps the warriors of ON TAP 6 should take 
up some hobbies, as they are the most avoided team...  The warriors of ON TAP 6 found 
their efforts at combat frustrated as DISARM apparently had more important things to 
do than fight.   
     The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on...  Questions are being 
raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena.  A certain tavern in 
DRAGONHEAD would I avoid!   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  As if buffeted by forces of nature beyond my 
control, I must take my leave of this place.  DRAGONHEAD, I leave you now.  The 
Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Swinging Aardvark.  'Til next time-- 
Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 CIGARETTE BUTTS 10531        12  12  0 110         BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400) 

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLICKERING 8048              35   0  0 156         BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021)   
 CRACKED 7951                 19   3  1 120         BASH BROS MIRROR (1002)   
 SCARY DUDE 10528             19   5  2 109         BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400) 
 UNCOMFORTABLE 8046           17   3  1 109         BASH BROS CHAIR (1020)    
-PAM ANDERSON 10637            7   4  0 107         CANADIAN ARTISTS 6 (1421) 
 BOOBY TRAP 7700              19   7  1 102         DISARM (954)              
-NONSTANDARD 8051             23  11  1 101         BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021)   
 WILLDRAS 5282                27  13  0 100         FREELANCERS (576)         
 NOT ASSUR 8574               20   6  2  97         BASH BROS MANAGER9 (1109) 
 CRACK 11804                  11   4  0  96         BB HARDWOOD FLOOR (1607)  
 BAD ADS 10723                21   3  0  94         BASH BROS SUPERBOWL (1438)
 DIRTY 8908                   18  11  1  92         BASH BROS JACKET (1157)   
 CROOKED 8138                 19   6  0  91         BASH BROS TEETH (1037)    
 STAIN 11807                  12   3  0  91         BB HARDWOOD FLOOR (1607)  

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 SLOWINFASTLANE 6611           7   2  0  90         BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)  
 LOOSE FIT 11453              14   2  1  85         BASH BROS HAT (1553)      
 RIP 10356                    12   5  2  85         SPACE ACTION 99 (418)     
 UNFULFILLING 10916           14  14  0  84         BASH BROS SEX (1336)      
-WASTEFUL 11468                6   1  0  81         BB GOVERNMENT (1556)      
 MINE 7702                    18   8  0  76         DISARM (954)              
-RED RAGE 11255                8   6  1  76         ON TAP 6 (1526)           

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLOWOUT 10719                16   8  0  63         BASH BROS SUPERBOWL (1438)
 BITTER 11449                  5   1  0  59         BASH BROS TEA (1552)      
 BOMB 7701                    13  13  0  58         DISARM (954)              
-CORRUPT 11465                 6   1  0  58         BB GOVERNMENT (1556)      
-AFTERNOON SOCIAL 11256        6   3  0  58         ON TAP 7 (1527)           

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TOO HARD 9642                12   6  0  55         BASH BROS CHAIR (1020)    
 TAILGATING 6613               7   2  0  53         BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)  
 RED SHIRTS 10899              5   2  0  51         BASH BROS STAR TREK (1473)
 ALL HUMANOIDS 10902           5   2  1  50         BASH BROS STAR TREK (1473)
-ELECTRIC WIT 11234            6  11  0  48         ON TAP 2 (1522)           
 QUARGOL-SEVEN 12411           3   1  0  44         PLATINUM HORDE (1718)     
-HAPPY PLACE 11851             3   0  1  43         THIRD SPACE (1615)        
-SLOW MOVING 11466             4   0  0  37         BB GOVERNMENT (1556)      

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 NETHER GIANT 10386            2   3  0  33         GIANTS & GOLEMS II (1378) 
-PAM ANDERSON 10620            4   8  0  32         CANADIAN ARTISTS (1418)   
 MARSH GIANT 10398             3   1  0  30         GIANTS & GOLEMS V (1381)  
 SAND GIANT 11539              6   9  1  28         GIANTS & GOLEMS IX (1570) 

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 VALLEY GIANT 10366            2   2  0  22         GIANTS & GOLEMS (1375)    
 SOLOCARPOOL 6612              6   3  0  21         BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)  
 TWSS 12453                    1   0  0  21         WOMEN OF CHATZY (1726)    
 SPOILED 11447                 2   4  0  20         BASH BROS TEA (1552)      
 VUDUIN 11945                  3   3  0  19         FREELANCERS (576)         
-NOONER 11866                  2   0  0  18         SIERRA NEVADA 2 (1618)    
 VULCAN FEELINGS 10901         5   2  0  17         BASH BROS STAR TREK (1473)
 OTT SOUNDS 10898              3   4  0  17         BASH BROS STAR TREK (1473)
-BUILD THE DAM 11238           1   0  0  15         ON TAP 3 (1523)           
 JOE PINEAPPLES 12422          1   0  0  13         TIN MEN (1720)            
 MARBLE GIANT 10392            3   1  1  12         GIANTS & GOLEMS IV (1380) 
 MEADOW GIANT 10403            2   2  1   9         GIANTS & GOLEMS VI (1382) 

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 STONE GIANT 10412             2   2  0   8         GIANTS & GOLEMS VII (1384)
 APHRODITE VON BOO 12416       1   0  0   8         ABC (1719)                
 FEDEX LADY 12456              0   1  0   5         WOMEN OF CHATZY (1726)    
 TUNDRA GIANT 10388            0   4  0   4         GIANTS & GOLEMS III (1379)
-BUNKER BUSTER 11240           0   2  0   2         ON TAP 3 (1523)           

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CONVICTED THIEF         0  0 0                      MARBLE GIANT 10392     404 NONE
LADY BASHJ 12457        0  1 0 WOMEN OF CHATZY 1726 SHEWISH GIANT          404 NONE
LADY CASTLEMONT 12454   0  1 0 WOMEN OF CHATZY 1726 BANDIT PRINCE          404 NONE
MAD EEL LADY 12455      0  1 0 WOMEN OF CHATZY 1726 HIGH ELF               404 NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LADY CASTLEMONT was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
MAD EEL LADY was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
LADY BASHJ was killed by SHEWISH GIANT in a exciting 1 minute gory Dark Arena melee.
CIGARETTE BUTTS vanquished RIP in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge Title brawl.
LOOSE FIT was defeated by VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute veteran's fight.
SCARY DUDE viciously subdued KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute veteran's duel.
FLICKERING outwaited M. CHARDINEE in a dull 14 minute one-sided competition.
UNCOMFORTABLE won victory over M. CHARDINEE in a action packed 3 minute gruesome duel.
CRACKED overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a popular 1 minute uneven duel.
LOST overpowered VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute uneven match.
BOOBY TRAP overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
WILLDRAS subdued UNFULFILLING in a crowd pleasing 3 minute master's competition.
BAD ADS demolished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a popular 1 minute mismatched match.
CRACK handily defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute one-sided conflict.
STAIN overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
DIRTY overcame CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bout.
NOT ASSUR devastated KHALHUMS DWARF in a exciting 1 minute brutal one-sided brawl.
CROOKED overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
MINE was defeated by VENEMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute master's conflict.
SLOWINFASTLANE overpowered CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a exciting 1 minute uneven fight.
BOMB was handily defeated by KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute uneven duel.
BLOWOUT overpowered FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
TOO HARD was defeated by KUNG-FU MASTER in a exciting 1 minute duel.
TAILGATING defeated MARSH GIANT in a 2 minute gory duel.
BITTER overpowered SAND GIANT in a 1 minute uneven match.
ALL HUMANOIDS savagely defeated THE USEROUS MERCHANT in a 1 minute gruesome duel.
RED SHIRTS beat DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a exciting 1 minute bloody fray.
SOLOCARPOOL was vanquished by QUARGOL-SEVEN in a popular 1 minute one-sided bout.
OTT SOUNDS was viciously subdued by VUDUIN in a 2 minute gory fray.
VULCAN FEELINGS was overpowered by NETHER GIANT in a 1 minute one-sided match.
SPOILED was defeated by VALLEY GIANT in a 1 minute bout.
MEADOW GIANT was beaten by MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute beginner's bout.
MARBLE GIANT killed CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute beginner's contest.
TUNDRA GIANT was defeated by JOE PINEAPPLES in a exciting 1 minute struggle.
STONE GIANT was demolished by TWSS in a action packed 1 minute one-sided struggle.
FEDEX LADY was savagely defeated by APHRODITE VON BOO in a 6 minute amateur's match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                  17         WALL OF STEEL     11 -   3 -  0      79  |
|AIMED BLOW                       9         STRIKING ATTACK   39 -  11 -  1      78  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   6         AIMED BLOW        71 -  29 -  0      71  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  5         PARRY-LUNGE       12 -   6 -  0      67  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   16 -   9 -  0      64  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         BASHING ATTACK    86 -  52 -  3      62  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         LUNGING ATTACK    47 -  30 -  0      61  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    2         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   3 -  1      50  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         TOTAL PARRY       10 -  11 -  0      48  |

Turn 404 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  1     AIMED BLOW         4 -  5         3  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    4 -  1     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  1         3  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
BASHING ATTACK    10 -  7                                       1  WALL OF STEEL  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  1                                       1  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      FLICKERING 8048            35   0  0  156 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021)
BASHING ATTACK   CRACKED 7951               19   3  1  120 BASH BROS MIRROR (1002)
WALL OF STEEL    SCARY DUDE 10528           19   5  2  109 BASH BROS BUS STOP (1400)
LUNGING ATTACK   UNCOMFORTABLE 8046         17   3  1  109 BASH BROS CHAIR (1020)
AIMED BLOW       BOOBY TRAP 7700            19   7  1  102 DISARM (954)
SLASHING ATTACK  BAD ADS 10723              21   3  0   94 BASH BROS SUPERBOWL (1438)
STRIKING ATTACK  SLOWINFASTLANE 6611         7   2  0   90 BASH BROS COMMUTER (744)
PARRY-LUNGE      TOO HARD 9642              12   6  0   55 BASH BROS CHAIR (1020)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is UNFULFILLING 10916.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was SCARY DUDE 10528.  The ten other most popular fighters were UNFULFILLING 
10916, UNCOMFORTABLE 8046, APHRODITE VON BOO 12416, NOT ASSUR 8574, TAILGATING 6613, 
VUDUIN 11945, JOE PINEAPPLES 12422, TWSS 12453, CRACKED 7951, and BAD ADS 10723.

The least popular fighter this week was FLICKERING 8048.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were TUNDRA GIANT 10388, MEADOW GIANT 10403, SPOILED 11447, VULCAN FEELINGS 
10901, SAND GIANT 11539, BOMB 7701, RIP 10356, MAD EEL LADY 12455, LADY CASTLEMONT 
12454, and STONE GIANT 10412.

The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:

WILLDRAS (72-5282) FREELANCERS (576)

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

LOST (72-7728) BASH BROS KEYS (959)