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 * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===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 ***************************************************** **********************ATTENTION********************** ***************************************************** ALLIANCES OF ALASTARI ***************************************************** **********************ATTENTION********************** ***************************************************** *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.