DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 07/21/2008    Duedate: 08/02/2008

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-602

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WAIF
SWEORDMASTERS (138)
(1-8160) [14-3-0,130]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WAIF                           TONY SIRAGUSA
SWEORDMASTERS (138)            BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
(1-8160) [14-3-0,130]          (1-7882) [7-1-0,93]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

WAIF                           RECESS
SWEORDMASTERS (138)            MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
(1-8160) [14-3-0,130]          (1-8241) [10-1-2,79]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. SEA DOGS (575)              40
2. BETTER OFF DEAD (590)       26      SWEORDMASTERS (138)
3. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         16      Unchartered Team
4. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)        8
5. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      -8      BETTER OFF DEAD (590)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1*BETTER OFF DEAD (590)      7   1  0 87.5   1/ 1 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    9  2 0
 2/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      531 469 60 53.1   2/ 2 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     7  1 3
 3/ 3 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   286 262 50 52.2   3/ 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       7  5 0
 4/ 4 SEA DOGS (575)           144 134  7 51.8   4/ 5 SEA DOGS (575)            5  9 0
 5/ 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    423 416 53 50.4   5/ 4*BETTER OFF DEAD (590)     3  0 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

      * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ *

                         ---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 601): WAIF of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 484): PECAN PIE of SWEETS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 609): SOLDIER 2 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 605): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 604): SASHA of CASSEY'S CREW (Dartor, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 608): BULLSEYE of HI ROLLERS (Darklock, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 606): SOLSKJAER of IMPORTED FOOTBALLERS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 600): N.I.B. of SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 592): BLUE MOON of RUN AND HYDE (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 591): KEROUAC of LITERATE LOONS (Sherman, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 565): SALLI VOSS of MIDDLE WAY 13 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 555): CYPRIAN of OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 249): DUCK A L'ORANGE of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 542): CHEESY SQUEEZER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 490): VOICES IN MY HEAD of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 235): MOUSETRAP of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 223): IMMACULATECONCEPTION of CHAPEL ROCK (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 439): JAGGED SHIV of GRIM OBITUARY (?, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 200): HAMMY HAMSTER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 483): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 601): MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 484): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 609): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 605): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 604): IMAGE (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 607): RAPTOR (Owlin the Wise, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 606): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 600): SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 592): HELP WANTED (Bill, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 591): LIGHT BRIGADE (Woody, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 565): ACT OF MALICE (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 555): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr,(
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 249): WACKY (The Zoo Keeper, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 542): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 490): RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 235): RAPTORZ (Owlin the Wise, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 223): ALL-STAR NANA'S (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 439): DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 200): RAPTOR (Owlin the Wise, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 483) POWER PLAY et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 601): KOOK AROCHA of LAB EXPERIMENTS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 603): APPRENTICE of WIZARD'S WRATH (Visionist, mgr.)
                           BOMBETTE of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 591): BOTHACH of BURN N' PILLAGE (Jolly, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 249): HOT AIR DUCK of DUCKS UNLIMITED (Crip, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 542): CHEESY SQUEEZER of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
               (turn 541): CHRISTELLINA of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 489): BLADERUNNER of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 234): SKORINDELLE of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 438): DEATH MAGE of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Hail MORDANT!  Warriors of the arena, prepare to be praised and blamed for your 
deeds.  And let's see, TONY SIRAGUSA fought RECESS and gained 26 points and 
contributed to BETTER OFF DEAD's 1-0-0.  RECESS has lost to TONY SIRAGUSA, falling 13 
points, while helping make MANNEQUIN'S BEST a 0-2-0 turn.  Defending hers title for 
another turn, WAIF kept SEA DOGS' warrior, JETSAM, from claiming the throne.  By the 
way, was that our Duelmaster that I saw last night, cramped under the table at 
Conan's Place?   
     He who challenges well, fights well.  He who avoids without cause, shall lose 
for good reasons.  My mama told me that one.  I also notice that the MANNEQUIN'S BEST 
stable was the most avoided team this turn.  Come on MORDANT, what are you afraid of? 
And guess who avoided MANNEQUIN'S BEST stable the most?  Believe it or not, it was 
BETTER OFF DEAD.  Anyone surprised?  The most challenged warrior this turn was 
SWEORDMASTERS' warrior MIASMA.  More fighters challenged her than challenged the 
Duelmaster!   
     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.  KOOK AROCHA must have surprised LAB 
EXPERIMENTS this turn, after they sent it to the Dark Arena, but the Dark Arena 
couldn't hold it!  A brave warrior does not carry a red shield, he has nothing to 
cover or hide when the fight is over.  Consider well.   
     I like this place, MORDANT, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls.  
Who could ask for more?  Well, I'm burning daylight here in MORDANT and I've a long 
road ahead of me.  Happy Trails.  Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- 
Alarond the Scribe  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WAIF 8160                    14   3  0   130       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-WAYWARD SON 8180              9   0  2   103       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 TONY SIRAGUSA 7882            7   1  0    93       BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
 MIASMA 8104                  22   4  0    91       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JETSAM 8172                  10   9  1    84       SEA DOGS (575)
 RECESS 8241                  10   1  2    79       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WYRD 8156                     7   6  0    56       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
 MAJOR PAYNE 8295              5   0  1    47       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-COPPER JOHN 8279              4   0  0    47       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-HAMFIST 8292                  4   0  0    37       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 POOP DECK GUY 8274            2   5  1    28       SEA DOGS (575)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUM RUNNER 8296               2   2  0    21       SEA DOGS (575)
 FLOTSAM 8289                  3   2  0    18       SEA DOGS (575)
 LANDLUBBER 8309               1   0  0    15       SEA DOGS (575)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
GRUNESH THE ORC         0  0 0                      MAJOR PAYNE 8295      602  NONE
ROOK 8259               1  1 0 CHESS PIECES 1 612   POOP DECK GUY 8274    598  NOT REVENGED
BISMARCK 8284           3  4 0 MANNEQUIN'S BEST 537 ARENAMASTER KAKA      602  NONE
CRAB POT 8282           2  3 1 SEA DOGS 575         171211151775 8303     600  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

17 July 2008
All -- Many of you know me and many more don't, but I will be scarce for a few
months.  I am relocating, so look for my presence online!  As my will, so mote it
be! -- Abraxis

8 July 2008
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                **********************ATTENTION**********************
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                                      ALLIANCES
                                         OF
                                      ALASTARI
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                                 *TURF WAR VI RULES*
                            Starting Nov 2008 (10 turns)

Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War!  To participate, each alliance must:
        1.  Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork
            (DM 47) newsletter.
        2.  Announcements made on the D2 Forums will not be accepted.

Captains are responsible for:
        1.  Verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their
            alliance;
        2.  Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
        3.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Certificate to participate

Participating managers who are not Captains must:
        1.  Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Certificate to participate
        2.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and
            alliance they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
            Announcement made on the D2 Forums will not be accepted.
               a.  No scores will be tabulated until a Gift Certificate is received.
                   No EXCEPTIONS.
               b.  Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in
                   the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified
                   by the alliance Captain they will represent.
               c.  Only one (1) team per player may compete.  No multiple teams or
                   aliases will be allowed.  Violations will result in immediate
                   disqualification from the Turf War (so be sure to take any
                   multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance).
               d.  Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams that do not properly
                   declare 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 scoring
                   will not begin until Turn 3.  All conditions must be met before
                   scoring will begin--declaration, verification, and Gift
                   Certificate received.
               e.  No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 5 of
                   the Turf War.
               f.  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.

Scoring will be as follows for Fights:
                Win   Loss   Kill      Die
Challenge        +2     -2     +5       -5
Match Up         +1     -1     +1       -5
Bloodfeud        +2     -5     +5      -10
Champion         x2     x2     x2       x2
Dark Arena*     +10     -5     xx       xx
*After 2nd win, warrior scores no points for wins

Special Scoring Considerations for the Turf War are as follows:
Spy Report mention (team name only)              +2
Style Master                                     +2
Duelmaster                                       +2

Champions:
     1.  A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory.
     2.  Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time.
     3.  Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior in the arena, but
         not the Dark Arena, may be replaced.
     4.  Champions must be in the Adepts bracket or lower on the turn they are
         declared, and may NOT have gone above Adepts level at any time; this
         includes teams transferred into North Fork for the Turf War.

Bloodfeuds:
        1.  Bloodfeuds will score points on all four (4) turns.
        2.  There is no limit to which warrior may bloodfeud or how often.

Tournament Considerations:
        1.  Tournament participation is ALLOWED and encouraged.
        2.  Tournament Victors won during the course of the contest will gain a one
            (1) time bonus of 25 points.  This bonus will apply EACH time a
            warrior(s) wins such status.
        3.  Tournament Champions won during the course of the contest will gain a one
            (1) time bonus of 50 points.  This bonus will apply EACH time a
            warrior(s) win such status.
        4.  Points for TVs and TCs will be applied the Turn after RSI posts
            tournament results in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter (i.e., if the
            results post on North Fork turn 275, points will be credited on North
            Fork turn 276 to the applicable teams).

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 A, you must end the Turf War with
            Alliance A.  If you begin the Turf War with Team A, you must end the Turf
            War with Team A.
        3.  There will be a maximum of seven (7) teams allowed per alliance for the
            Turf War.
        4.  The Dark Arena may be used on the first turn only, of every warrior,
            without penalty.

Prizes:
The Turf War is a "winner take all" contest.  All prizes and 100% of the Gift
Certificates will be awarded to the Captain of the winning alliance.  It is the
responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates.  Moderators will
submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at the completion of the
contest for the non-Certificate prizes.

The following prizes have been secured from RSI:
        1.  Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena;
        2.  Renaming of Dark Arena Monsters (one for each manager in the winning
            alliance);
        3.  Known Favorites for one warrior on each team of the winning alliance
            (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have
            at least one arena fight to receive this award).
        4.  +1 Skill bonus potion for each manager on the winning alliance.  Bonus
            potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47)
        5.  +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each manager who fights in all 10 rounds
            AND 45 fights of the Turf War.  Bonus potion must be applied to a living
            warrior from (DM 47)
These awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) within 4
turns of the end of TW VI.

Moderators:
The Moderators for this event will be Oz and Master Darque.  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 via diplo in DM 47.  Managers with internet access may send a private message
to [The Consortium] or [Darque] on the Duel2 Forums.  Lastly, you may also email
questions, comments, and scoring disputes to rebelnerfherder at yahoo dot com.

Please note there have been rule changes from the last Turf War.  Please read them
carefully!

Contest will begin in November following the Fall Mail In Tournament.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

KOOK AROCHA butchered UNDEAD WARRIOR in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
BISMARCK was slaughtered by ARENAMASTER KAKAR in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
WAIF demolished JETSAM in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
RECESS was viciously subdued by TONY SIRAGUSA in a popular 3 minute gory contest.
MIASMA savagely defeated TIEN-SHU OF GENRAI in a crowd pleasing 5 minute competition.
MAJOR PAYNE savagely slew GRUNESH THE ORC in a 1 minute bloody novice's struggle.
WYRD viciously subdued GRUNESH THE ORC in a 2 minute expert vs. beginner fight.
POOP DECK GUY vanquished MIME WORSHIPPER in a 1 minute uneven fight.
FLOTSAM vanquished CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
RUM RUNNER beat SLEN SNOTNOSE in a popular 2 minute novice's melee.
LANDLUBBER demolished SLEN SNOTNOSE in a 1 minute mismatched match.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       3         TOTAL PARRY        9 -   4 -  0      69  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    16 -   8 -  4      67  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         BASHING ATTACK    22 -  13 -  5      63  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         AIMED BLOW        23 -  22 -  1      51  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   3 -  0      50  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         STRIKING ATTACK   10 -  10 -  0      50  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL      5 -   7 -  0      42  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   7 -  1      22  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 602 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-STRIKE       1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         4  AIMED BLOW     
PARRY-RIPOSTE      1 -  0     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0                                       2  LUNGING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0                                       2  BASHING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0                                       1  STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     
AIMED BLOW         2 -  1     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  1     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
STRIKING ATTACK  WAIF 8160                  14   3  0  130 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
AIMED BLOW       TONY SIRAGUSA 7882          7   1  0   93 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
TOTAL PARRY      MIASMA 8104                22   4  0   91 SWEORDMASTERS (138)

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   RECESS 8241                10   1  2   79 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WAIF 8160.  The most popular warrior this turn was 
RECESS 8241.  The ten other most popular fighters were TONY SIRAGUSA 7882, WYRD 8156, 
RUM RUNNER 8296, WAIF 8160, MIASMA 8104, MAJOR PAYNE 8295, POOP DECK GUY 8274, 
LANDLUBBER 8309, BISMARCK 8284, and FLOTSAM 8289.

The least popular fighter this week was JETSAM 8172.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were FLOTSAM 8289, BISMARCK 8284, LANDLUBBER 8309, POOP DECK GUY 8274, MAJOR 
PAYNE 8295, MIASMA 8104, WAIF 8160, RUM RUNNER 8296, WYRD 8156, and TONY SIRAGUSA 
7882.

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

KOOK AROCHA (1-8120) LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)