DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 11/10/2008    Duedate: 11/22/2008

MORDANT ARENA

DM-1    TURN-610

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TONY SIRAGUSA
BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
(1-7882) [9-7-0,103]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

TONY SIRAGUSA                  BLACK
BETTER OFF DEAD (590)          FULL SPECTRUM (611)
(1-7882) [9-7-0,103]           (1-8252) [4-1-0,60]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

TONY SIRAGUSA                  TONY SIRAGUSA
BETTER OFF DEAD (590)          BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
(1-7882) [9-7-0,103]           (1-7882) [9-7-0,103]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

SEA DOGS (575)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. FULL SPECTRUM (611)         24
2. BOOZE (605)                 19      BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
3. BETTER OFF DEAD (590)       18      Unchartered Team
4. EVIL BEAVERS (610)           9
5. SWEORDMASTERS (138)          0      EVIL BEAVERS (610)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 0*EVIL BEAVERS (610)         2   0  0  100   1/ 1 SEA DOGS (575)           11  4 0
 2/ 0*FULL SPECTRUM (611)        4   1  0 80.0   2- 4 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)     1  0 0
 3/ 1 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)      9   7  0 56.3   3/ 0*EVIL BEAVERS (610)        1  0 0
 4- 2 SWEORDMASTERS (138)      539 476 60 53.1   4/ 0*FULL SPECTRUM (611)       1  0 0
 5/ 3 SEA DOGS (575)           167 151  7 52.5   5- 3 SWEORDMASTERS (138)       1  2 0
 6- 4 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)   292 269 50 52.0   6/ 7 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)     1  2 0
 7- 5 LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)    428 418 53 50.6   7/ 6 BOOZE (605)               1  3 1
 8/ 6 BOOZE (605)               24  39  6 38.1   8/ 5*TRASH CAN ORCS (614)      1  3 0
 9/ 7*TRASH CAN ORCS (614)       1   6  0 14.3   9- 2 MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)    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 609): JETSAM of SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 492): HAROLUE of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 617): KORNIC BLAZE of GREEN WITH ENVY (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 610): PETE MASTIFF of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 612): TINY TOES of PAPER MARIO (Luigi, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 615): BIMBETTE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 614): CHIOS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 608): DEIMOS of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 600): TOE PUPPET of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 599): POSITION IS EMPTY
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 571): KYRA of BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 563): CONNIE PAKKIT of JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 253): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 547): ROCKHOG of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 498): COLOROUTOFSPACE of RAISING R'LYEH (Reaper, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 239): ALLERDAE CHAN of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 227): KONA QUAIL of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 447): WOLF RIDER of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 204): DRUWEZ of GLACIATION GUILD II (Sir Chester, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 491): NEOSPHINCTER of WASTELAND (TMM, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 609): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM   2 NIANIA (turn 492): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 617): GREEN WITH ENVY (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   4 JHELUM (turn 610): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   5 KALTOS (turn 612): TEAM CHAOS ELITE (Kaos, mgr.)
 DM   6 TRANSEL (turn 615): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 614): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 608): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 600): FUNKY FOLK (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 599): NOMADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
 DM  36 JHANS (turn 571): BABES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  38 CLIFFHOME (turn 563): OLD SCHOOL (Abraxis, mgr,(
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 253): WACKY (The Zoo Keeper, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 547): DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
 DM  51 TRICORUS (turn 498): SEA DOGS (One-Armed Bandit, mgr.)
 DM  54 TROCAR (turn 239): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  59 ILLIS (turn 227): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 447): DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 204): ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 491) POWER PLAY et al (Doc Steele, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                  -----------------
 DM   1 MORDANT (turn 608): WAIF of SWEORDMASTERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
 DM   3 OSKSI (turn 617): KORNIC BLAZE of GREEN WITH ENVY (Misfit, mgr.)
 DM   7 BONSUR (turn 614): CHIOS of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
                           VEGAS, BABY! Of WASTELAND II (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
               (turn 613): LONG BEACH LILA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  10 KOLACT (turn 607): N.I.B. of SABBATH (Abraxis, mgr.)
 DM  18 TALCAMA (turn 600): TOE PUPPET of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  21 SUNSET (turn 598): KORLAC of DEATH MOB 4 (Jakari, mgr.)
 DM  39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 252): MORI NEB of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  42 RODEKI (turn 546): MOIST TOWELETTE of COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
 DM  62 VALAMANTIS (turn 447): WOLF RIDER of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     It's me, The Unknown Spymaster here with my bag to give you the news on last 
week's fights.  For every winner there is a loser.  Speaking of losers, lets take a 
look at MANNEQUIN'S BEST, who went down to 2nd from 9th.  Life is tough.  Hey 
everybody, watch out for BLACK, who flew up 24 points in the rankings after mashing 
RUM RUNNER like a melon.  Keep your eye on this guy.  Ya know, some days it doesn't 
pay to walk out on the sands.  RUM RUNNER lost to BLACK and drops 22 points.  It's a 
proud day for the BETTER OFF DEAD stable, as their warrior, TONY SIRAGUSA, ascended 
the Duelmaster's throne.  Advice to bashers--never force anything, just get a bigger 
halberd!   
     Let's dig a little deeper into what's happening in the MORDANT arena.   
     Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the 
most interesting, though!  Here's some advice:  warriors with little wit and will may 
encounter problems on the trail to the Isle.   
     Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in MORDANT have no 
sense of humor.  Or maybe that they were senseless.  C'mon, Leadfoot, let's make some 
tracks.  Hasta la bye-bye.  (Loud choruses of 'Beat it, ya bum!')-- The Unknown 
Spymaster  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TONY SIRAGUSA 7882            9   7  0   103       BETTER OFF DEAD (590)

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)
 POOP DECK GUY 8274            7   8  1   101       SEA DOGS (575)
-RECESS 8241                  13   4  2    99       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 JETSAM 8172                  15  12  1    89       SEA DOGS (575)
-MIASMA 8104                  24   8  0    80       SWEORDMASTERS (138)
-WYRD 8156                    10   9  0    80       SWEORDMASTERS (138)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLACK 8252                    4   1  0    60       FULL SPECTRUM (611)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FLOTSAM 8289                  7   6  0    49       SEA DOGS (575)
-COPPER JOHN 8279              4   0  0    47       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)
-MAJOR PAYNE 8295             10   1  1    45       LAB EXPERIMENTS (261)
 LANDLUBBER 8309               6   3  0    40       SEA DOGS (575)
 RUM RUNNER 8296               6   6  0    39       SEA DOGS (575)
-HAMFIST 8292                  7   3  0    38       MANNEQUIN'S BEST (537)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-VAN DERMINT 8203              3   1  1    31       BOOZE (605)
 DOOMTAIL 8249                 2   0  0    28       EVIL BEAVERS (610)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 RED EYE 8238                  1   0  1    14       BOOZE (605)
 REUSED REFUSE 8321            1   5  0     8       TRASH CAN ORCS (614)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
SCOTCH 8205             1  1 1 BOOZE 605            STONE GOLEM           610  NONE
TRASH 8322              0  1 0 TRASH CAN ORCS 614   RED EYE 8238          610   

                                     PERSONAL ADS

8 July 2008
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                                      ALLIANCES
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                                      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

SCOTCH was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Dark Arena fight.
JETSAM was savagely defeated by TONY SIRAGUSA in a 4 minute veteran's Title melee.
POOP DECK GUY devastated SILISA THE SNAKE in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
RUM RUNNER was overpowered by BLACK in a 1 minute mismatched match.
FLOTSAM slimly won victory over MONEYBAGS MEFRIN in a 7 minute gory duel.
LANDLUBBER was bested by LIEUTENANT WOREL in a 2 minute bloody match.
DOOMTAIL handily defeated REUSED REFUSE in a 2 minute gruesome uneven fight.
RED EYE slaughtered TRASH in a 1 minute uneven duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW                       4         STRIKING ATTACK    6 -   2 -  1      75  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    14 -   7 -  1      67  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  2         PARRY-STRIKE       6 -   4 -  0      60  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         BASHING ATTACK    12 -   8 -  1      60  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      7 -   5 -  0      58  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   4 -  0      50  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   6 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         AIMED BLOW        15 -  21 -  0      42  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   2 -  0      33  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |

Turn 610 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-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     AIMED BLOW         1 -  3         4  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  1     BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
AIMED BLOW       TONY SIRAGUSA 7882          9   7  0  103 BETTER OFF DEAD (590)
LUNGING ATTACK   BLACK 8252                  4   1  0   60 FULL SPECTRUM (611)
PARRY-RIPOSTE    FLOTSAM 8289                7   6  0   49 SEA DOGS (575)
BASHING ATTACK   LANDLUBBER 8309             6   3  0   40 SEA DOGS (575)
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 SCOTCH 8205, 
JETSAM 8172, POOP DECK GUY 8274, FLOTSAM 8289, LANDLUBBER 8309, DOOMTAIL 8249, BLACK 
8252, RED EYE 8238, RUM RUNNER 8296, and REUSED REFUSE 8321.

The least popular fighter this week was TRASH 8322.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were REUSED REFUSE 8321, RUM RUNNER 8296, RED EYE 8238, BLACK 8252, DOOMTAIL 
8249, LANDLUBBER 8309, FLOTSAM 8289, POOP DECK GUY 8274, JETSAM 8172, and SCOTCH 
8205.