Arena 81, the No-Tournament arena

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:25 pm

Resurrecting the No-Tournament arena concept
Last Update Thursday 14 November 1:00 PM Atlanta Time

ANNOUNCING THE NO-TOURNAMENT ARENA (81)

As an American I honor my cultural heritage by stealing any good idea. This idea was originally proposed by Lord_Xiang in November 2005.

RSI will be Opening the Arena (81) for teams willing to sign the following pledge:

The No-Tournament Arena (81)

• I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a Tournament, nor will I use a Tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
• I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena. If circumstances preclude my running less than a full team I will notify the Player Committee.
• I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
• I understand that any warrior that participates in a Tournament shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.
• I understand that any warrior that receives a Tournament prize shall be send to the Dark Arena until they are dead.

The following are the rules for joining this No-Tournament arena

1. No tournament play (Dead tournament or otherwise)
2. One team per manager
3. Team starts with new rollup (or a zero fight equivalent team is transferred into this arena.)
4. No tourney prizes allowed to modify warriors in the arena
5. 20 teams required, per RSI
6. Waivers are required to allow self-regulation on tourney ban, granting RSI authority to Dark Arena any warrior that participates in a Tournament (until the warrior is dead.)
7. Rotating council to enforce tourney ban and maintain arena integrity.

The main purpose of the Player Committee is to maintain fair play in the arena:
• Warriors that participate in Tournaments will be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead. This means that the Player Committee has the power to send another players warrior to the Dark Arena
• Managers that abuse the rules of the Arena may be banned/transferred from the Arena

The player with the most votes for Chairman will fill slot 1 [Chairperson] and that term expires end of March 2007.
The player with the most votes overall will fill slot 5 and that term expires end of November 2007.
The player with the second most votes overall will fill slot 4 and that term expires end of September 2007.
The player with the third most votes overall will fill slot 3 and that term expires end of July 2007.
The player with the fourth most votes overall will fill slot 2 and that term expires end of May 2007.

During the month that the chairperson’s term expires the Player Committee will select one of the remaining 4 players to be the next chairperson.
During the month that any member’s term expires the arena will vote for a different player to join the Players Committee.

If you want to be a candidate for the player committee:
1. Post a message in the Duel2 Forum at http://www.reality.com/duel2/modules.php?name=Forums
2. E-Mail Deke at DekeYoung@Comcast.NET
3. Send a Diplomatic Note to Doc LeGrand’s Lab [ARENA 81]

There are 4 steps to joining this arena

1) Send in a new team rollup to RSI with the following pledge taped / stapled to the rollup sheet:

No-Tournament Arena (81)
• I pledge that I will not send warriors from this team to a Tournament, nor will I use a Tournament prize on a warrior from this team.
• I pledge to run a full team when I run turns in this arena. If circumstances preclude my running less than a full team I will notify the Player Committee.
• I agree to abide by the decisions of the Player Committee.
• I understand that any warrior that participates in a Tournament shall be sent to the Dark Arena until they are dead.
• I understand that any warrior that receives a Tournament prize shall be send to the Dark Arena until they are dead.

[Sign your name here ……………………………………………………………………….]

2) [Optional] post a message on the Duel 2 Forums in the Creating a No-Tournament Arena thread
http://www.reality.com/duel2/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2296&sid=94ebf69603ccaf5c7dbf1b19da799732

3) [Optional] send an e-mail to DekeYoung@Comcast.NET with your team name

4) [Optional] Send a Diplomatic Note to Doc LeGrand’s Lab in Arena 81 with your team name and intent to join Arena 81 and abide by the Arena rules.

RSI will be processing overviews for this arena as soon as you send them into RSI.

The first turn will run in January 2007. This will be a normal speed arena.

While I am encouraging everyone to use TEAM MAINTENANCE it is not mandatory. The intent is that players that run turns will run a full team. One warrior teams are discouraged and will a topic for the Player Committee to resolve.

I also encourage players to join the Duel2 Yahoo Group for faster updates and feedback.
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/duel/

There are already 30 managers already committed to the project

Apex = CAROLINA BLUE - Cf PC - Cf PCC
Bill = CLUB CUTTHROAT
Blackstorm = DARK ENCLAVE - Cf PC
Darque = DARQUE AGES
DeGotti = CULT OF BACCHUS
Deke = DOC LEGRAND'S LAB
Den = BIG LAKE OUTCASTS
Drake = DRAKE'S HARDWARE - Cf PC
Ghab = ASSASSIN NATION
Grimm = FURRY FURY
Hammer = AARDVARK HAMMERZ
Ikillu = BATTLE GRUNTS
_Indimar_ = AS SEEN ON TV II
Kat = KATHOUSE
Kellumbo = KELLUMBO'S KIDS
LePentarque = LA PENTARCHIE
MasterBeru = CHILDHOOD HEROES - Cf PC
Nomad = DRAGONBANE GUILD
nuln = RED IRON KNIGHTS
pauly = ALE HOUSE MERCS
ragnarokwolf = RAGNAROK'S WOLVES
rillon = THE DRAUGS - Cf PC
Roadkill = STREET WALKERS
Seraphim53 = LEGION OF SOLITUDE
Silas = GRIFFONRAWL MMA
SlugBait = ORCS HATE PHYSICS
Terminator = WARMASTERS
The Consortium = LIFE IMPACTS - Cf PC - Cf PCC
Vindictus = KNIGHTBLADE
Woody

Cf = Candidate for
PC = Player Committee
PCC = Player Committee Chairperson

Any questions can be directed to Deke Young

Deke Young
DekeYoung@Comcast,NET
Mobile (770) 789-7881
Office (770) 236-6486
AOLIM = DekeYoungWork or DekeYoung
Yahoo = DekeYoung1960
MSN = DekeYoung@Comcast.net

For posterity, these managers were involved in the original proposal

Quote:

1. No tourney play (Dead or otherwise)
2. One team per manager
3. Team starts with new rollup
4. No tourney prizes allowed to modify warriors in the arena
5. 20 teams required, per RSI
6. Waiver required to allow self-regulation on tourney ban
7. Rotating council to enforce tourney ban

These are the conditions we have agreed to for the 'throwback arena.' We are waiting on RSI's response to our request to sanction this project.

(17) Managers signed on:
Seraphim
Lord Xiang
Crash Duce
Kungfusilas
Huckle Cat
Kellumbo
The Greek Guy
JGW
Polaris *
Var *
Master Darque *
DeGotti *
Woody *
Maxhare *
JE
Kurd
Hammer

* indicates has shown interest if the requisite number of managers are reached

_________________
Lord Xiang
Member of Amicitia Primoris;
Delarquan Loyalist;
Home Arena of Mordant (DM-1), Wind Storm stable

Last edited by Lord_Xiang on Wed Dec 14, 2005 9:22 pm; edited 10 times in total

Please try not to threadjack this message. Only reply if you intend on placing a team in this No-Tournament arena.

Some web links

www.DekeYoung.com/Duel2

http://www.dekeyoung.com/DUEL2/Arena_81/Arena_81.HTML

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:36 pm

I'm in.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:37 pm

Drake wrote:

I'm in.

Me too.

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:43 pm

Me three.

Site Admin Joined: Jun 20, 2002 Posts: 1344

Read the sig Smile

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:26 am

LHI wrote:

Read the sig Smile

Jiles, we are struggling to understand what you meant.

Other - we will consider starting a team here.

Advanced Master Poster Joined: Mar 08, 2004 Posts: 481

I am interested too.

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:37 am

Cool, the French forces have arrived. Laughing

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:07 am

Deke wrote:

Resurrecting the No-Tournament arena concept

1. No tourney play (Dead or otherwise)
2. One team per manager
3. Team starts with new rollup (or a zero fight team is transfered into this arena.)
4. No tourney prizes allowed to modify warriors in the arena
5. 20 teams required, per RSI
6. Waiver required to allow self-regulation on tourney ban. RSI will Dark Arena any warrior that participates in a Tournament.
7. Rotating council to enforce tourney ban
8. All team placed on Maintenance (which means they run if a manager does not get strategy sheets mailed in time.)

Lee/Sandy will have the option of placing these teams into any arena of their choice so long as all existing teams in that arena are transferred out (or deleted, RSI’s choice.)

I am sending this to the Duel Yahoo Group as well.

Lee,

A) How many managers sent team rollups to arena 67 for this purpose in the past?
B) Assuming teams are on Maintenance, how many teams are required to restart this arena?
C) Any other requests / requirements for this endeavor?

Deke

Please try not to threadjack this message. Only reply if you intend on placing a team in this No-Tournament arena.

I have ordered team rollups and will be sending in a team for this purpose at the end of this week (when I return to Atlanta to pick up my mail.)

We have agreed to "participate" based on the specific rules Deke placed on the table to RSI.

It will be interesting to see, if anything, what RSI has to say about this.
.. Who will "hold" the "waivers" and will they be honored by RSI? (e.g., will RSI agree to DA these warriors without specific client approval?)
.. Will RSI agree to a "generalized maintenance" circumstance, and run all the warriors without a client's specific maintence approval. What will happen when the account and/or account balance is questionable?

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:19 am

Quote:

.. Will RSI agree to a "generalized maintenance" circumstance, and run all the warriors without a client's specific maintence approval. What will happen when the account and/or account balance is questionable?

I have all 3 of my arenas on maintainence now. I had this done back in the 90s as well. Since I have a credit card assigned to my account they simply charge my account.

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:23 am

I am forced to play fast arenas like that already, so no biggie for me. I am so for this. Imagining a no tourney arena seems so nice, almost like heaven.

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:52 am

Deke wrote:

Quote:

.. Will RSI agree to a "generalized maintenance" circumstance, and run all the warriors without a client's specific maintence approval. What will happen when the account and/or account balance is questionable?

I have all 3 of my arenas on maintainence now. I had this done back in the 90s as well. Since I have a credit card assigned to my account they simply charge my account.

Most/many of us will do that or similar - others will not/cannot/do not.

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:53 am

blackstorm wrote:

I am forced to play fast arenas like that already, so no biggie for me. I am so for this. Imagining a no tourney arena seems so nice, almost like heaven.

The whole idea is GREAT. (We used to have a whole bunch of no tourney arenas!)

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:01 am

where did they all go?

Master Poster Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 257

Great idea. I'm in.

slugbait