DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/17/2026    Duedate: 07/30/2026

RODEKI ARENA

DM 42    TURN 1006

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

PYROBUG
TEMERE (490)
(42-5577) [14-3-0,100]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

PYROBUG                        HELEN
TEMERE (490)                   WINGS (438)
(42-5577) [14-3-0,100]         (42-4899) [2-1-0,24]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

LADY IN GRAY                   LADY IN GRAY
SAXON (492)                    SAXON (492)
(42-5624) [7-15-0,44]          (42-5624) [7-15-0,44]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BETTER BLUES (365)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. WINGS (438)                   61 
2. TEMERE (490)                  6     MI CASA (485)
3. SAXON (492)                   5     Unchartered Team
4. BETTER BLUES (365)            4  
5. MI CASA (485)                 -11   WINGS (438)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 6*WINGS (438)                7   4  0 63.6   1/ 1 BETTER BLUES (365)       10  5 1
 2/ 2 MI CASA (485)            101  61  5 62.3   2/ 2 SAXON (492)               7  7 0
 3/ 3 BETTER BLUES (365)       189 145 10 56.6   3/ 5*WINGS (438)               5  1 0
 4/ 4 TEMERE (490)              14  11  0 56.0   4/ 4 TEMERE (490)              2  1 0
 5/ 5 SAXON (492)               61  60  2 50.4   5/ 3 MI CASA (485)             1  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in RODEKI this turn, and let's start 
with a look at some of the teams.  And let's see, ALEX fought BABY GRAMPS and gained 
22 points and contributed to WINGS' 4-1-0.  FIRE AND STEEL has lost to SHEMEKIA 
COPELAND, falling 11 points, while helping make SAXON a 2-2-0 turn.  Well done, 
RODEKI, the Duelmaster was this turn's most challenged warrior.  Perhaps PYROBUG is 
not as thrilled, being challenged 2 times.  HOPE MILLS challenged for the 
Duelmastership this turn, attempting to dethrone TEMERE's warrior.  Defending its 
title for another turn, PYROBUG kept MI CASA's warrior, HOPE MILLS, from claiming the 
throne.  Tell me, is nothing sacred?  I have heard from unimpeachable sources that 
The Swinging Aardvark uses trolls in their stew.  Talk about gristle!   
     Oriental wise man once say, 'Hiding behind shields prevents proper sun tanning.' 
Inscrutable, but true.  BETTER BLUES has cause to stand tall, as they were RODEKI's 
most avoided team.  A smart manager knows this is a team to beat.  And avoiding 
BETTER BLUES more than any other team we find MI CASA.  RODEKI, are we going to 
accept, or respect this sort of thing?  HAMMIE NIXON of BETTER BLUES had better have 
a good reason for challenging down 11 points in a challenge which he won.  I thought 
HAMMIE NIXON showed great skill and promise when he overcame LADY IN GRAY.  All 
right, so I slept through it!  Big deal!   
     A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.  Wise men know this to 
be true.  Is it really true that RODEKI has more dishwashers per capita that 
fighters?  Just thought I'd ask...   
     Remember, blood on the purple robe does not change it from a purple robe.  Dare 
to fight bravely.  It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your 
swords sharp and your hammers heavy.  Until you see my quill in RODEKI again, 
farewell-- Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 PYROBUG 5577                 14   3  0 100         TEMERE (490)              

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ZORA YOUNG 5602              20  13  0  90         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 HOPE MILLS 5520              23  16  1  89         MI CASA (485)             
 SHEMEKIA COPELAND 5619        9  10  2  70         BETTER BLUES (365)        

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 HAMMIE NIXON 5611            16   6  0  54         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 LIONHEART 5651                7   1  0  52         SAXON (492)               
 FIRE AND STEEL 5626           8  12  0  49         SAXON (492)               
-OAK PARK 5625                 9   1  0  48         MI CASA (485)             
 LADY IN GRAY 5624             7  15  0  44         SAXON (492)               
 SIXTH FORM GIRL 5647          7   3  0  41         SAXON (492)               

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FREDDIE KING 5636             5   9  1  28         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 HELEN 4899                    2   1  0  24         WINGS (438)               

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ALEX 4895                     1   1  0  23         WINGS (438)               
 ANTONIO 4898                  2   0  0  21         WINGS (438)               
 CARLTON 4896                  1   1  0  19         WINGS (438)               
 LOWELL 4897                   1   1  0  17         WINGS (438)               
 BABY GRAMPS 5652              3   2  0  11         BETTER BLUES (365)        
 CLINTON 5637                  2   3  0   9         MI CASA (485)             

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

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                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

HOPE MILLS was outwaited by PYROBUG in a 25 minute master's Challenge Title fight.
SHEMEKIA COPELAND demolished FIRE AND STEEL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge melee.
HAMMIE NIXON unbelievably bested LADY IN GRAY in a 3 minute master's Challenge brawl.
ZORA YOUNG subdued KHALHUMS DWARF in a dull 5 minute master's competition.
LIONHEART overpowered HELEN in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided struggle.
SIXTH FORM GIRL viciously subdued FREDDIE KING in a 5 minute gruesome fight.
ANTONIO vanquished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven duel.
LOWELL vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven fight.
CARLTON vanquished CLINTON in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
ALEX overpowered BABY GRAMPS in a 1 minute one-sided melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY                      4         TOTAL PARRY       32 -  13 -  0      71  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   3         PARRY-STRIKE       8 -   4 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      2         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         BASHING ATTACK    13 -   8 -  0      62  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK   19 -  14 -  2      58  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   4 -  0      43  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL      3 -   7 -  1      30  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         LUNGING ATTACK     5 -  14 -  0      26  |
|AIMED BLOW                       0         PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         AIMED BLOW         0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 1006 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     LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  2         5  TOTAL PARRY    
PARRY-STRIKE       2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         0 -  0         2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        3 -  1     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  2         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      PYROBUG 5577               14   3  0  100 TEMERE (490)
BASHING ATTACK   LIONHEART 5651              7   1  0   52 SAXON (492)
PARRY-STRIKE     SIXTH FORM GIRL 5647        7   3  0   41 SAXON (492)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is LADY IN GRAY 5624.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was LADY IN GRAY 5624.  The ten other most popular fighters were SHEMEKIA 
COPELAND 5619, LIONHEART 5651, SIXTH FORM GIRL 5647, LOWELL 4897, CARLTON 4896, ALEX 
4895, HAMMIE NIXON 5611, ANTONIO 4898, FIRE AND STEEL 5626, and FREDDIE KING 5636.

The least popular fighter this week was PYROBUG 5577.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were HOPE MILLS 5520, ZORA YOUNG 5602, BABY GRAMPS 5652, CLINTON 5637, HELEN 
4899, FREDDIE KING 5636, FIRE AND STEEL 5626, ANTONIO 4898, HAMMIE NIXON 5611, and 
ALEX 4895.

                            TV Percentages for Mail-in 83

  
Number of Warriors Who Participated in Each Tournament Class
      Prim  Cont  Elig  ADM   Fres  Chal  Cham  Adep  Init  Appr  Rook   
STYLE  200   201   202   203   204   205   206   207   208   209   210    ALL      %          
TP       2    10     5    18    40    42    19    27    37    27    50    277    10.8% 
PS       6     7     2     7     9     4     5    10    16    15    12     93     3.6% 
PR       7     8     6     8    17    16     9    13    18    18    28    148     5.8% 
PL       8     8     9    13     7    12     8    17    12    14    16    124     4.8% 
WS      12    14     9    13    17    24     8    17    32    17    18    181     7.0% 
AB      70    46    27    27    19    32     5    27    26    32    97    408    15.9% 
ST       9     3     2     7    13    38    44    54    55    74   106    405    15.8% 
SL       7     8     7    10    14    35    21    26    36    48    49    261    10.2% 
BA       3     9     5     7    26     5     5    12    18    16    35    141     5.5% 
LU      16    25    18    37    29   113    44    46    62    66    76    532    20.7% 
ALL    140   138    90   147   191   321   168   249   312   327   487   2570   100.0% 
  
Number of TVs in Each Tournament Class
      Prim  Cont  Elig  ADM   Fres  Chal  Cham  Adep  Init  Appr  Rook 
STYLE  200   201   202   203   204   205   206   207   208   209   210   ALL    % 
TP       0     1     0     3     6     2     3     1     2     0     4    22   0.9% 
PS       0     0     0     1     0     1     0     0     0     1     0     3   0.1% 
PR       0     0     0     0     1     0     1     1     1     1     2     7   0.3% 
PL       0     0     1     0     0     0     0     2     0     0     2     5   0.2% 
WS       0     3     0     0     0     1     2     1     0     1     2    10   0.4% 
AB      19     5     2     1     2     1     0     0     1     3    12    46   1.8% 
ST       0     0     0     0     2     0     3     7    11     6     5    34   1.3% 
SL       0     0     0     0     0     3     1     2     3     4     1    14   0.5% 
BA       0     0     0     0     4     0     0     0     0     0     1     5   0.2% 
LU       0     3     2     5     1    13     2     3     3     2     4    38   1.5% 
ALL     19    12     5    10    16    21    12    17    21    18    33   184   7.2% 
  
TV Percentages within the Style 
      Prim  Cont  Elig  ADM   Fres  Chal  Cham  Adep  Init  Appr  Rook 
STYLE  200   201   202   203   204   205   206   207   208   209   210   ALL    % 
TP     0.0% 10.0%  0.0% 16.7% 15.0%  4.8% 15.8%  3.7%  5.4%  0.0%  8.0%  7.9% 
PS     0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 14.3%  0.0% 25.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  6.7%  0.0%  3.2% 
PR     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  5.9%  0.0% 11.1%  7.7%  5.6%  5.6%  7.1%  4.7% 
PL     0.0%  0.0% 11.1%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 11.8%  0.0%  0.0% 12.5%  4.0% 
WS     0.0% 21.4%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  4.2% 25.0%  5.9%  0.0%  5.9% 11.1%  5.5% 
AB    27.1% 10.9%  7.4%  3.7% 10.5%  3.1%  0.0%  0.0%  3.8%  9.4% 12.4% 11.3% 
ST     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 15.4%  0.0%  6.8% 13.0% 20.0%  8.1%  4.7%  8.4% 
SL     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  8.6%  4.8%  7.7%  8.3%  8.3%  2.0%  5.4% 
BA     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 15.4%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  2.9%  3.5% 
LU     0.0% 12.0% 11.1% 13.5%  3.4% 11.5%  4.5%  6.5%  4.8%  3.0%  5.3%  7.1% 
      13.6%  8.7%  5.6%  6.8%  8.4%  6.5%  7.1%  6.8%  6.7%  5.5%  6.8%  7.2% 
  
TV Percentages by Style of Total TVs  
      Prim  Cont  Elig  ADM   Fres  Chal  Cham  Adep  Init  Appr  Rook 
STYLE  200   201   202   203   204   205   206   207   208   209   210   ALL    % 
TP     0.0%  8.3%  0.0% 30.0% 37.5%  9.5% 25.0%  5.9%  9.5%  0.0% 12.1% 12.0% 
PS     0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 10.0%  0.0%  4.8%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  5.6%  0.0%  1.6% 
PR     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  6.3%  0.0%  8.3%  5.9%  4.8%  5.6%  6.1%  3.8% 
PL     0.0%  0.0% 20.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 11.8%  0.0%  0.0%  6.1%  2.7% 
WS     0.0% 25.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  4.8% 16.7%  5.9%  0.0%  5.6%  6.1%  5.4% 
AB   100.0% 41.7% 40.0% 10.0% 12.5%  4.8%  0.0%  0.0%  4.8% 16.7% 36.4% 25.0% 
ST     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 12.5%  0.0% 25.0% 41.2% 52.4% 33.3% 15.2% 18.5% 
SL     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 14.3%  8.3% 11.8% 14.3% 22.2%  3.0%  7.6% 
BA     0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0% 25.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  3.0%  2.7% 
LU     0.0% 25.0% 40.0% 50.0%  6.3% 61.9% 16.7% 17.6% 14.3% 11.1% 12.1% 20.7%