Spring 2012 Mail-In

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 2464

The Spring 2012 Mail-In is confirmed to be the weekend of April 1st.

The ADM Freeze is confirmed to be taking place this weekend.

The prize is still undecided.

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 2464

One Armed Bandit wrote:

The prize is still undecided.

The current top rumor is Clone/Twin, but that is only that, a rumor. In case anyone is interested in speculating on the prize, I believe this is an accurate list of the prizes for the past 4 years:

January 2008 - Max Damage
April 2008 - +1 Bonus Potions
July 2008 - Favorites
October 2008 - Frankenstein
January 2009 - Favorites
April 2009 - Clone/Twin
July 2009 - Stat-Switch Potions
October 2009 - Res/Immortality
January 2010 - Favorites (by player vote)
April 2010 - Super Team
July 2010 - +1 Bonus Potions
October 2010 - Frankenstein
January 2011 - +1 Bonus Potions
April 2011 - Team Stat-Swap
July 2011 - Max Damage
October 2011 - Res/Immortality
January 2012 - Max Damage
April 2012 - ?

We can safely rule out Halloween Prizes (Res/Immortality and Frankenstein) and possibly rule out prizes offered in the past three years (Stat-Switch Potions, Favorites, Super Team, +1 Bonus Potions, Team Stat-Swap, and Max Damage), although there are occasional exceptions.

Clone/Twin was offered 3 years ago to the tournament. What else are people hoping for? Some new prize? Some prize that was offered 5, 10, or 20 years ago but hasn't resurfaced?

For my part, I don't care what the particular prize is. I'm running a fairly small roster and the upper 60% are already set. I'm just waiting on the last of my Rookie overviews to trickle in before I make my final decision about them. Despite running a small roster, I'm sending some good ones so I'm still hoping that I have a good shot at winning a prize. Looking forward to the tourney!

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:48 am

Don't care.
Except, sure are getting tired of "max damage" potions.
Still have two unused in the hopper.

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:39 pm

OAB, damn you're like the John Clayton/ESPN of D2! Nice reporting! I was just wondering when the spring mailer was going to drop and how to plan my measley squad accordingly!

Site Admin Joined: Jun 20, 2002 Posts: 1300

Prize List
Please fill in the ones I have forgotten

+1 Bonus Potions
Max Bonus

Favorites Potions
Favs all ( 1 warrior )

Frankenstein
Res/Immortality

Clone/Twin
Super Team

Team Stat-Swap
Stat-Switch Potions

Max Damage

87 Point Warrior
Style Swap
Shrink/Grow
Ambi Potions

10 learned skills
5 stat trains

DYO

Advanced Expert Poster Joined: Jan 24, 2010 Posts: 106

I thought the last one was 5 stat trains. Didn't Cosmic Hammer add 15 to CON?

Site Admin Joined: Jun 20, 2002 Posts: 1300

Crip wrote:

I thought the last one was 5 stat trains. Didn't Cosmic Hammer add 15 to CON?

Thanks, updating!

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:32 pm

Quote:

Except, sure are getting tired of "max damage" potions.
Still have two unused in the hopper.

Look at you talking like a big time tourney manager! Ah, I remember the days when it was just about winning the TC with you... Razz

The last time I started a thread with new tourney prize suggestions, I compiled them all and sent them to Lee--we ended up with the super team prize. So I learned my lesson...

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:55 am

Managerr wrote:

Quote:

Except, sure are getting tired of "max damage" potions.
Still have two unused in the hopper.

Look at you talking like a big time tourney manager! Ah, I remember the days when it was just about winning the TC with you... Razz

The last time I started a thread with new tourney prize suggestions, I compiled them all and sent them to Lee--we ended up with the super team prize. So I learned my lesson...

It is still all about the TC; hence our ambivalence.
If we thought it would not hurt the game, we would eliminate prizes for TC's! (Possibly a minor RU prize, like 5 max.)

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:07 am

Has there ever been talk/suggestion about a max endurance potion?

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 2464

The ADM Freeze has been completed.

Send an email to CSR to request electronic mini-overviews, if you want them.

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 2464

Word has reached us by way of a third party that the prize for this tourney will be clone/twin. I can't confirm this, myself, but it sounds plausible!

From the tourney announcement three years ago:

They will be allowed to create a clone or twin of another warrior, dead or alive, to be added as a new gladiator onto one of their teams! (A clone has all of the aspects of the other warrior, including skills, attributes, favorites, and everything else; a twin uses the same base attribute numbers and is re-rolled ten times, and you may choose the best one to keep as your new twin. Also remember that the original warrior may not be prize-modified in any way.)

Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:52 pm

One Armed Bandit wrote:

The ADM Freeze has been completed.

NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, several additional warriors
graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.

AXIOM (11-3918) ERRATA (372)
MACHETE MOUSE (82-4566) MAMMAL MILITIA (616)
GONE TO GEORGIA (82-28596) STREET PIZZAD XXI (4657)
ROOT (82-31537) 4 LETTER BEER (5196)
SMOOTH (82-33235) TRANSITIONS (5487)
YELLOW DEUCE COUPE (82-33317) COLOR TUNES (5502)
ROOM 282 (82-33685) TEMPE -05 (5575)
UGAMUGGAH (82-41228) STREET PIZZAD XXII (5040)
TOUCHE' TURTLE (82-44789) KILLER KARTOONS (7535)
MIDSIZE WHOOPER (82-47794) COOL NAMES 22 (8035)
DAVID WAYBUR (84-5954) MEDAL OF HONOR F3 II (1124)
RODEO CLOWN (84-11743) TOUGHER GUYS (2136)

NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) (continued)

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

ArchMaster Poster Joined: Apr 15, 2004 Posts: 2464

I received a tourney announcement in the mail today.

Everything we thought we knew is correct:

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:29 pm

I got my mini's today and the Freshman/ADM line has jumped way up.