DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/15/2018 Duedate: 06/28/2018
TRANSEL ARENA
DM-6 TURN-853
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE
SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
(6-7268) [20-8-0,112]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE POSITION IS EMPTY
SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
(6-7268) [20-8-0,112]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
'MARICAN SINGLE LONG TALL TEA
EAT EM RAW BUG (618) EAT EM RAW BUG (618)
(6-7206) [19-23-1,84] (6-7279) [13-6-2,94]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SOVEREIGN ONES (624) 33
2. BLACK AND BLUES (575) 4 OINGO BOINGO (373)
3. OINGO BOINGO (373) 0 Unchartered Team
4. BLACK TIDE (453) 0
5. EAT EM RAW BUG (618) -6 PB OR NOT PB (457)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 OINGO BOINGO (373) 58 29 4 66.7 1/ 1 SOVEREIGN ONES (624) 8 7 0
2- 3 BLACK TIDE (453) 77 50 2 60.6 2/ 3 BLACK AND BLUES (575) 6 1 0
3/ 4 BLACK AND BLUES (575) 399 293 19 57.7 3/ 4 EAT EM RAW BUG (618) 6 8 0
4/ 5 SOVEREIGN ONES (624) 67 69 2 49.3 4- 2 BLACK TIDE (453) 5 3 1
5/ 6 EAT EM RAW BUG (618) 120 137 16 46.7 5/ 5 OINGO BOINGO (373) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Since no one else is worthy of this here throne, I'll take it for a while. Isn't
anyone here good enough to take this, here, Dwarf off this, here, seat? Bwaa-ha-ha!!!
-- Kazmojen Stoneforge
Duelmaster IV
SPY REPORT
Hail TRANSEL! Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your
deeds. And let's see, SANT NIKOLAAS fought TINA TUNA and gained 18 points and
contributed to SOVEREIGN ONES' 3-2-0. TINA TUNA has lost to SANT NIKOLAAS, falling
18 points, while helping make EAT EM RAW BUG a 2-2-0 turn. Defending his title for
another turn, KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE kept EAT EM RAW BUG's warrior, LONG TALL TEA, from
claiming the throne. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable
sources that The Sultan's Tent uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle!
I tell you, a green quarterstaff lasts longer than a seasoned sapling. A basher
friend of mine assures me this is true. I also notice that the OINGO BOINGO stable
was the most avoided team this turn. Come on TRANSEL, what are you afraid of? And
avoiding OINGO BOINGO more than any other team we find SOVEREIGN ONES. TRANSEL, are
we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing?
The Dark Arena is for those who cannot win, not who cannot lose with grace.
Dignity in life or death is the warrior's creed. Is it really true that TRANSEL has
more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd ask...
I like this place, TRANSEL, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls.
Who could ask for more? 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 TRANSEL again,
farewell-- Alarond the Scribe
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE 7268 20 8 0 112 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BLIND WILLIAM 7263 12 4 0 136 BLACK AND BLUES (575)
-ERIK BLOODAXE 7214 13 9 1 104 BLACK TIDE (453)
-WEASEL 5209 17 6 0 101 BLACK TIDE (453)
LONG TALL TEA 7279 13 6 2 94 EAT EM RAW BUG (618)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-B.B. 7262 10 7 1 90 BLACK AND BLUES (575)
'MARICAN SINGLE 7206 19 23 1 84 EAT EM RAW BUG (618)
-SILENT 6748 11 12 0 80 BLACK TIDE (453)
COPELAND 7284 14 6 0 78 BLACK AND BLUES (575)
-JUMBO 5208 17 11 0 77 BLACK TIDE (453)
BANANA SPLIT 7269 14 10 2 73 EAT EM RAW BUG (618)
INSANITY 4282 10 9 2 68 OINGO BOINGO (373)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHELSEA MARIE 7288 12 5 1 61 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
BEVO 7286 8 12 0 59 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
SANT NIKOLAAS 7285 8 12 0 57 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZALADANE 7267 12 16 1 53 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
-CAPITALISM 7239 8 2 0 42 OINGO BOINGO (373)
-WHOLE DAY OFF 7189 5 0 0 42 OINGO BOINGO (373)
-PRIVATE LIFE 7230 9 3 0 40 OINGO BOINGO (373)
TINA TUNA 7287 8 9 1 37 EAT EM RAW BUG (618)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-NO ONE LIVES FOREVER 4350 4 4 1 29 OINGO BOINGO (373)
SHORTY 7299 3 1 0 24 BLACK AND BLUES (575)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
SLIM JANE 7280 8 10 3 EAT EM RAW BUG 618 ERIK BLOODAXE 7214 852
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
INSANITY was bested by 'MARICAN SINGLE in a 2 minute master's Challenge fight.
KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE won victory over LONG TALL TEA in a 2 minute Title battle.
COPELAND savagely defeated CHELSEA MARIE in a action packed 1 minute bloody fight.
BANANA SPLIT devastated ZALADANE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
BEVO demolished SHORTY in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
TINA TUNA was vanquished by SANT NIKOLAAS in a 2 minute brutal mismatched fight.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 0 - 0 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 31 - 13 - 1 70 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 BASHING ATTACK 28 - 23 - 4 55 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 12 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 12 - 1 45 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 AIMED BLOW 4 - 6 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 853 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 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 4 LUNGING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 0 - 3 1 WALL OF STEEL
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE 7268 20 8 0 112 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
LUNGING ATTACK LONG TALL TEA 7279 13 6 2 94 EAT EM RAW BUG (618)
BASHING ATTACK CHELSEA MARIE 7288 12 5 1 61 SOVEREIGN ONES (624)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is 'MARICAN SINGLE 7206. The most popular warrior this
turn was LONG TALL TEA 7279. The ten other most popular fighters were INSANITY 4282,
KAZMOJEN STONEFORGE 7268, COPELAND 7284, CHELSEA MARIE 7288, BANANA SPLIT 7269,
'MARICAN SINGLE 7206, BEVO 7286, SANT NIKOLAAS 7285, ZALADANE 7267, and SHORTY 7299.
The least popular fighter this week was TINA TUNA 7287. The other ten least popular
fighters were SHORTY 7299, ZALADANE 7267, SANT NIKOLAAS 7285, BEVO 7286, 'MARICAN
SINGLE 7206, BANANA SPLIT 7269, CHELSEA MARIE 7288, COPELAND 7284, KAZMOJEN
STONEFORGE 7268, and INSANITY 4282.
TURF WAR XI EXTRAVAGANZA(TWIXIE)RULES (Rev 6-3-18)
(Estimated start T398, OCT 2018)
Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47) arena.
Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, thrown-together alliances, or
temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each
alliance must:
1. Announce as Captain of an alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. (List
teams and managers in the three-team alliance. (Also designate alliance name.)
2. Announce in the newsletter which Captain/alliance your team is joining.
3. Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted.
Captains are responsible for:
1. Announcing, in the North Fork newsletter, those who are a part of their
alliance. Both Manager announcement and Captain announcement/confirmation are
required.
2. Distribution of certs should your alliance win the Turf War.
3. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may,
if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.)
Participating managers who are not Captains must:
1. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already
submitted by Captain.) Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the
winning pool of prizes.)
2. Announce an intent to compete with their manager name, team name, and alliance
they will join in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter
3. Announcement made on the D2 Forums or Chatzy will not be accepted.
No alliance scores will be tabulated until two RSI Gift Certificates are received, and
participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the North Fork
newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS.
All entry certs should be sent to Oz or The Consortium via RSI.
Only one (1) team per player/manager may compete in the Turf Wars, and only one team
per player/manager may compete in North Fork DM47 during the Turf War. No arena
multiple teams or aliases will be allowed. Violations will result in immediate
manager disqualification (including team point adjustments) from the Turf War (so be
sure to take any multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance and be certain not to run any
other team warriors). NOTE: Since alliances require three teams, this would mean the
remaining alliance/alliance members cannot score in the TW.
Any Turf War team must show/be posted/listed in the DM47 Newsletter just prior to
their actual scoring/participation. (E.g. New teams, transfers, current teams must
show up in the newsletter prior to the beginning of participation, allowing opponent
knowledge and challenging/avoiding.) Manager/teams may not participate/score in the
Turf War the same turn they are first posted in the newsletter. (So get your team in
the newsletter early.)Clarifying: All teams MUST show up in the NL just prior to the
first TW turn to be allowed to score in the first TW round. Teams do not have to run
that turn prior to TW-T1, but will have had to run shortly before to allow their
warriors to be visible in the newsletter just prior to TW-T1.
Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams/alliances that do not properly declare or
get captain confirmation or fail to send a Gift Certificate by Turn 1. In other
words, if your Gift Certificate is not received until Turn 3 of the Turf War, and you
have fought on Turns 1 and 2, your score will not begin until Turn 3. All conditions
must be met before scoring will begin--declaration, confirmation, and Gift Certificate
received.
No declarations or confirmations will be accepted after Turn 3 of the Turf War.
For purposes of scoring, the moderators will score the Turf War and settle any and all
disputes as they arise. Their decisions will be final. (Note: the intent is to have a
very thorough set of rules so that few decisions, if any, are required from the
moderators.)
No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or death
in a tournament or graduation. There must be a maximum of five only on a team at any
point and time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.)
SCORING will be as follows:
* Only top two base score teams score/count per round per alliance.
* Top one base score team per alliance scores twice (double).
* Lowest team base score per alliance gets a ?pass? and does not score.
* Team is disqualified for round scoring if fighting less than 5 fights.
(Exception:The turn after a Mailer or FTF where a death occurred to a TW
team/manager, the manager may fight only four and be scored. If multiple deaths,
then multiple ?non fight? exemptions occur for that turn after the tournament.)
* If a team is disqualified from scoring, the remaining top one base score team
scores double and the lowest team gets a ?pass? and does not score.
* If two disqualified teams occur, the third team cannot score double and only scores
single.
BASE SCORING = W = +2 L = -1 K = +1 Death = 0
Those scores are the same for match ups, up or down challenges, NPC matches,
or Dark Arena fights. With these exceptions:
--- Each warrior is limited to two DA matches during the TW. A 3rd and subsequent DA
fight during the TW shall be scored at -5 points (win or lose.)
--- Alliance Match Up scored = 0 for each warrior. Kill point disallowed.
--- Intra Alliance Challenge scored = -1 for each warrior; no kill points may score.
(It is not the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same
alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors
with no kill points awarded.)
First 6 rounds scores 1x.
End of round 6, top alliance adds 6 points. 2nd adds 4, 3rd adds 2, 4th adds 1.
Rounds 7 thru 9 scores 2x.
Final round 10 scores 3x.
Tournament Considerations:
1. Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of
recognition for North Fork.
2. It is an opportunity to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf
War.
Special Considerations:
1. Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points.
2. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you
begin the Turf War with Alliance X, you must end the Turf War with Alliance X.
If you begin the Turf War with Team X, you must end the Turf War with Team X.
3. There will be a maximum of three (3) teams/managers allowed per alliance for
the Turf War VII. The minimum is three (3).
4. The Dark Arena may be used without penalty.(Limit twice per warrior.)
5. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team in the arena is
aiding and/or abetting any TW alliance or team, the affected points won by the
gifted team/alliance will be disallowed and the aiding non-TW team will be
asked to desist from play in the arena until after the Turf War concludes.
Prizes:
The Turf War is meant to be a near "winner takes all" contest. It is the
responsibility of the Captain of the winning alliance to distribute Gift Certificates.
Moderators will submit a list of each manager winner to RSI at the completion of the
contest for the non-Certificate and RSI awarded prizes, to then be claimed by the
manager from RSI Customer Service within 6 months.
* Winning alliance gets 90% of the pooled certs.
* Individual Team with most wins in 10 rounds gets 10% of the pooled certs.
* RSI awards: (all must be applied to DM47 warriors, cannot create out-of-bounds
warrior, and one max prize applied to any warrior ? all within 6 months)(one
max prize means that if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same
warrior.)
* Winning alliance captain may choose two (each manager/team receives same prize
as chosen by captain):
- Limited Damage Bump (bump one level damage) (warrior must have fought in the
TW)
- Stat replace (remove 2 SZ, replace 2 to any other stat) (warrior must have
fought in the TW)
- Choice Replacement (Receive 5 replacements, choose 1, delete 4)
- Replacement stat swap (Replace/flip any 2 stats on one replacement)
* 2nd place alliance captain may choose one (each manager/team receives same
prize as chosen by captain)
- Favorite weapon (warrior must have fought in the TW)
- Favorite rhythm (warrior must have participated in TW)
- Free stat raise
* Participation Award to all teams/managers who fight 46 min fights (of 50):
2 skills (to one warrior)
These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderators within two weeks of round ten for
individual claiming from RSI within 4 turns of the end of TWX. The certs will be
mailed to the winning alliance by the Moderators within two weeks of the end of the
TW.
Moderators:
The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur. (The TWX
Triumvirate) They will arbitrate all dealings during the course of the contest. Their
decisions will be final. All questions, comments, and scoring disputes may be
directed to Land of Oz or Darque Forces or Bash Bros Park via diplo in DM 47.
Managers with internet access may send a private message to [The Consortium] or
[Darque] or [Assur] on the Duel2 Forums. Lastly, you may also email questions,
comments, and scoring disputes to rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com or wfms101@aol.com or or
mikey.alexander@hisstrengthandwork.com
Addendum:
Examples of scoring for clarification.
Code = win-loss-kill-death (W = +2 L = -1 K = +1 Death = 0)
Example #1:
Team A goes 2-3-0-0 (points = +4-3+0-0 = +1)
Team B goes 3-2-1-0 (points = +6-2+1-0 = +5)
Team C goes 2-3-2-0 (points = +4-3+2-0 = +3)
Team B top score, scores twice 2x+5 (+10)
Team A lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team C, then, scores normal at (+3)
Alliance Score = 10 + 3 = +13
Example #2:
Team A goes 4-0-1-0 (points = +8-0+1-0 = +9)
Team B goes 3-2-0-0 (points = +6-2+0-0 = +4)
Team C goes 2-3-0-0 (points = +4-3+0-0 = +1)
Team A is disqualified from scoring having not fought five fights.
If a team is disqualified, then the top remaining team scores double while the lowest
remaining score gets a ?pass?.
Team B top remaining score, scores twice = 2 x +4 (+8)
Team C lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Alliance Score = 8
Example #3
Team A goes 4-1-1-0 (points +8-1+1+0 = +8)
However, Team A fought the DA for the 3rd time = -5.
Team A adjusted to (+8-1=1=0-5 = +3)
Team B goes 1-4+0-0 (points +2-4+0-0 = -2)
Team C goes 1-4+1-0 (points +2-4+1-0 = -1)
Team A top score, scores twice 2x+3 (+6)
Team B lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team C, then, scores normal at (-1)
Alliance score = +6-1 = +5
Example #4
Team A goes 1-4-0-0 (points = +2-4+0-0 = -2)
Team B goes 1-4-0-0 (points = +2-4+0-0 = -2)
Team C goes 0-5-0-0 (points = +0-5+0-0 = -5)
Team A or B is top score and scores twice 2x-2 = -4
Team C lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team B, then, scores normal at (-2)
Alliance score = -4-2 = -6
Example #5
Team A goes 3-2-0 with a winning match-up with Team B alliance mate.
Team B goes 2-3-1-0 with a winning and killing challenge to Team C alliance mate.
Team B also lost the alliance match-up with Team A.
Team C goes 1-4-0-1 having been killed in a challenge from alliance mate Team B
Team A points normally = +6-2+0-0 = +4, but one win was an alliance match-up which
scores as 0, hence score = +4-2+0-0 = +2
Team B points normally = +4-3+1-0 = +2, but one loss was an alliance match up which
counts as 0, and one winning kill was an intra alliance challenge which the win counts
as -1 and the kill is negated. Hence Team B score = +1-2+0-0 = -1
Team C points normally = +2-4+0-0 = -2; with one loss and kill coming from an intra
alliance challenge, but the IAC (intra alliance challenge) scores (-1)the same as a
loss and there are no points scored for being killed, the +2-4+0-0 = (-2) stands.
Team A top score, scores twice 2x+2 (+4)
Team C lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team B, then, scores normal at (-1)
Alliance score = +4-1 = +3
Remember: (W = +2 L = -1 K = +1 Death = 0)
It only gets complicated with intra alliance match-ups (IAMs) and intra alliance
challenges. (IACs)