DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/15/2008    Duedate: 09/27/2008

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-606

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

RECESS
MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
(1-8241) [12-3-2,111]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

RECESS                         REUSED REFUSE
MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)         TRASH CAN ORCS (614)
(1-8241) [12-3-2,111]          (1-8321) [0-2-0,2]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TONY SIRAGUSA                  TONY SIRAGUSA
BETTER OFF DEAD (590)          BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
(1-7882) [8-4-0,83]            (1-7882) [8-4-0,83]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SEA DOGS (575)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)      24
2. SWEORDMASTERS (138)         17      BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
3. LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)        3      Unchartered Team
4. TRASH CAN ORCS (614)         1
5. FULL SPECTRUM (611)          0      TRASH CAN ORCS (614)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2*FULL SPECTRUM (611)        3   1  0 75.0   1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575)            6  9 0
 2/ 3 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)      8   4  0 66.7   2/ 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       4  3 0
 3/ 4 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      537 473 60 53.2   3/ 3 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     3  0 0
 4/ 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   290 267 50 52.1   4/ 5 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    3  3 0
 5/ 6 SEA DOGS (575)           152 146  7 51.0   5- 4*FULL SPECTRUM (611)       1  0 0
 6/ 7 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    427 417 53 50.6   6/ 7 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)     1  2 0
 7/ 8*TRASH CAN ORCS (614)       0   2  0  0.0   7/ 8*TRASH CAN ORCS (614)      0  2 0

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

                                    TEAM SPOTLIGHT

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

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 605): JETSAM of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 487): DOLOVOR of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 613): LAMERIDHOR SKO of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 609): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 608): TIFFINAL of WIZARD'S WRATH (Visionist, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 612): MICHELIN of THE VOLS (Wali Kharif, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 609): LONG BEACH LILA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 604): LUNAR COYOTE of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 595): JB BLAH of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 594): KNOTHANDLER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 568): SALLI VOSS of MIDDLE WAY 13 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 558): DIONYSUS of OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 250): 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 493): BILGE RAT of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 237): BLACKHAWKZ of RAPTORZ (Owlin the Wise, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 225): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 443): WOLF RIDER of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 201): PORKY PIG of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 487): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 605): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 487): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 613): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 609): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 608): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 612): THE VOLS (Wali Kharif, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 609): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 604): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 595): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 594): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 568): BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 558): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr,(
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 250): WACKY (The Zoo Keeper, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 542): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 493): DARK HORSEMENT (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 237): RAPTORZ (Owlin the Wise, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 225): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 443): GRIM OBITUARY (Jekyll, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 201): MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 487) POWER PLAY et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 613): MARY JANE of GREEN WITH ENVY (Misfit, mgr.)
              (turn 612): SOLDIER 2 of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
                          GRUNT of OUR HIGHEST HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 608): TIFFINAL of WIZARD'S WRATH (Visionist, mgr.)
                           SASHA of CASSEY'S CREW (Dartor, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 611): OL SMOKEY of THE VOLS (Wali Kharif, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 609): N'ORLEANS NORA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
               (turn 608): ERASMUS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 595): JB BLAH of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
                (turn 594): SHEWISH WHALER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 594): KNOTHANDLER of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, 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 492): FEAR OF THE DARK of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
                             VOICES IN MY HEAD of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 236): MOUSETRAP of USELESS TOOLS (Crip, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     You elder fighters surely remember me.  The younger ones may call me Olaf 
Modeen.  I return to MORDANT once again!  What's with MIASMA?  She actually beat 
BETTER OFF DEAD's TONY SIRAGUSA, and walked away with 10 more points from the fight.  
Major screwup at SEA DOGS.  FLOTSAM lost 9 points to HAMFIST.  Some new strategies, 
perhaps?  Maybe FLOTSAM will provide more easy wins...  I'm sure MORDANT is excited 
about RECESS, the new Duelmaster from MANNEQUIN'S BEST.  (remember?)  But when you've 
seen as many as I have...  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     If at first you don't succeed, avoid.  That'll get you in the Spyreports.   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  Is it my imagination, or are fighters getting younger every 
day?  To die so young, so gloriously!   
     Well, I'm pretty much through.  You guys need to get back practicing.  MORDANT 
is a nice place to live, but I don't like to live in nice places.  I don't want to 
overstay my welcome...-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RECESS 8241                  12   3  2   111       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-WAIF 8160                    16   3  0   150       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-HONEST JILES 7576            12   2  0   115       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
-WAYWARD SON 8180              9   0  2   103       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 MIASMA 8104                  24   6  0    91       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JETSAM 8172                  12  11  1    90       SEA DOGS (575)
 TONY SIRAGUSA 7882            8   4  0    83       BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
 WYRD 8156                     9   8  0    67       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 MAJOR PAYNE 8295              9   0  1    63       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RUM RUNNER 8296               4   4  0    50       SEA DOGS (575)
-COPPER JOHN 8279              4   0  0    47       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
 POOP DECK GUY 8274            3   8  1    41       SEA DOGS (575)
 HAMFIST 8292                  6   2  0    36       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-BLACK 8252                    3   1  0    36       FULL SPECTRUM (611)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LANDLUBBER 8309               3   2  0    22       SEA DOGS (575)
 FLOTSAM 8289                  4   5  0    17       SEA DOGS (575)
 REUSED REFUSE 8321            0   2  0     2       TRASH CAN ORCS (614)

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

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

                                     PERSONAL ADS

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

JETSAM was devastated by RECESS in a 1 minute mismatched Title fight.
MIASMA viciously subdued TONY SIRAGUSA in a 3 minute brutal expert's battle.
WYRD overpowered POOP DECK GUY in a 1 minute mismatched duel.
MAJOR PAYNE viciously subdued RUM RUNNER in a 2 minute gory fight.
LANDLUBBER was demolished by MONEYBAGS MEFRIN in a 1 minute mismatched competition.
HAMFIST vanquished FLOTSAM in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
REUSED REFUSE was beaten by GESHI SCRIVENER in a 2 minute amateur's brawl.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         LUNGING ATTACK    20 -   6 -  3      77  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   2         STRIKING ATTACK    8 -   3 -  0      73  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         BASHING ATTACK    19 -  14 -  2      58  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   5 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         AIMED BLOW        22 -  24 -  1      48  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   5 -  0      44  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         WALL OF STEEL      2 -   5 -  0      29  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  0         SLASHING ATTACK    3 -   9 -  1      25  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 606 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:

LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     1 -  1     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  TOTAL PARRY    
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                              STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
LUNGING ATTACK   RECESS 8241                12   3  2  111 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
TOTAL PARRY      MIASMA 8104                24   6  0   91 SWEORDMASTERS (138)
AIMED BLOW       JETSAM 8172                12  11  1   90 SEA DOGS (575)
BASHING ATTACK   HAMFIST 8292                6   2  0   36 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is TONY SIRAGUSA 7882.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was TONY SIRAGUSA 7882.  The ten other most popular fighters were REUSED REFUSE 
8321, RECESS 8241, MAJOR PAYNE 8295, RUM RUNNER 8296, HAMFIST 8292, MIASMA 8104, WYRD 
8156, LANDLUBBER 8309, FLOTSAM 8289, and JETSAM 8172.

The least popular fighter this week was POOP DECK GUY 8274.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were JETSAM 8172, FLOTSAM 8289, LANDLUBBER 8309, WYRD 8156, MIASMA 
8104, HAMFIST 8292, RUM RUNNER 8296, MAJOR PAYNE 8295, RECESS 8241, and REUSED REFUSE 
8321.