DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/08/2008 Duedate: 09/20/2008 NIANIA ARENA DM-2 TURN-488 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS DOLOVOR THE GOLDEN FISH (147) (2-5484) [19-12-0,98] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader DOLOVOR HORMONAL GROWTH THE GOLDEN FISH (147) WIDE WORLD OF... (653) (2-5484) [19-12-0,98] (2-5534) [3-0-0,51] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite HAROLUE GALLORDIN THE GOLDEN FISH (147) THE GOLDEN FISH (147) (2-5464) [19-16-1,87] (2-5486) [14-14-0,83] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE GOLDEN FISH (147) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 31 2. WIDE WORLD OF... (653) 27 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 3. SEA DOGS (633) 0 Unchartered Team WIDE WORLD OF... (653) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*WIDE WORLD OF... (653) 3 0 0 100 1/ 1 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 10 5 0 2- 2 SEA DOGS (633) 15 8 1 65.2 2/ 3*WIDE WORLD OF... (653) 3 0 0 3/ 3 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) 627 736 20 46.0 3- 2 SEA DOGS (633) 1 0 1 '*' 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 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.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. Even worse than last time! Only SIX fights, and they're all with standbys. I guess that means there's only one managed gladiator active out there besides our team. This is bad. We could get closed down and have to retire and spend all our time fishing! Horrors! Dolovor P.S. But at least I got the Khalhums Dwarf this time. Nobody on my team cares if I beat up a dwarf. I guess they're speciesist after all. SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, NIANIA? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see GALLORDIN win a fight and gain 19 points, terribly. And if variety is the spice of life, NIANIA may be getting bland, as DOLOVOR stays top dog in the city. Jim's Tap Room, humph! I've tasted better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From NIANIA's trash dumps? Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys. WIDE WORLD OF..., I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team. Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And who led the way in this mass act of cowardice? Let's see, well, whatcha know? It was WIDE WORLD OF.... Ha ha ha ha! Now here's guts and stupidity all rolled into one, HORMONAL GROWTH challenged up 26 to take on KESTRATLAK of THE GOLDEN FISH. Well, ok, the upstart knave (where've I heard that before?) won this match and gained 27 points to boot! Ha ha ha, KESTRATLAK. Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for NIANIA's morgue. More variety. Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one. I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Phlllt! Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of NIANIA. I feel much better now. Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME DOLOVOR 5484 19 12 0 98 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HAROLUE 5464 19 16 1 87 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) GALLORDIN 5486 14 14 0 83 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HORMONAL GROWTH 5534 3 0 0 51 WIDE WORLD OF... (653) GROND 5540 5 3 0 49 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) KESTRATLAK 5511 11 5 0 38 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PERSONAL ADS Oooh, bad luck for me! I drew the Venomous Concubine, the exotic Seef Haraine, and if I so much as lay a FINGER on her, one of my graduated teammates will mash me to potted meat food product--without allowing me to get potted first, either. Not something I want to risk. -- Gallordin Damn, same here. I think Ms. Haraine is doing this on purpose, just because she knows she can get away with it. -- Harolue the battered I thought I was lucky: Userous Merchant, a dwarf. Okay, I know any dwarf that tall has got to have something weird going for him, but how was I to know that the "something" was major steroids? And where does he get off with his snide comments, anyway? I don't owe him money! Never borrowed a corroded copper off him. -- Grond Huh, it looks like me and Dolovor are the only gladiators worthy of the name on this team today, being we're the only ones who defeated our standbys. The Ambitious Guard went down nicely with a little urging. -- Kestratlak 9 August 2008 All -- We are currently looking for capable manager that will give the Desolate Empire Alliance a full roster for the Turf War. We currently have four (4) roster slots that are open to capable managers without questionable morals. If interested for the Turf War, contact: Lamar Treas-Wilson, Dok Sik, Dok Sik Killas DM 47 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 HORMONAL GROWTH devastated KESTRATLAK in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight. DOLOVOR vanquished INSURANCE SALESMAN in a 1 minute uneven Title battle. HAROLUE demolished VENOMOUS CONCUBINE in a 1 minute uneven fight. GALLORDIN devastated VETERAN MERCENARY in a popular 1 minute brutal one-sided contest. GROND bested FRATSFA SLAVE in a action packed 1 minute brawl. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 0 - 0 100 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 1 - 0 67 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 3 - 0 63 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 17 - 11 - 3 61 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |AIMED BLOW 0 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 4 - 0 60 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 BASHING ATTACK 9 - 6 - 0 60 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 - 0 50 | |STRIKING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |TOTAL PARRY 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 488 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 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK DOLOVOR 5484 19 12 0 98 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) PARRY-RIPOSTE HORMONAL GROWTH 5534 3 0 0 51 WIDE WORLD OF... (653) BASHING ATTACK GROND 5540 5 3 0 49 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) WALL OF STEEL KESTRATLAK 5511 11 5 0 38 THE GOLDEN FISH (147) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is HAROLUE 5464. The most popular warrior this turn was GALLORDIN 5486. The ten other most popular fighters were GROND 5540, HAROLUE 5464, HORMONAL GROWTH 5534, DOLOVOR 5484, KESTRATLAK 5511, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0. The least popular fighter this week was KESTRATLAK 5511. The other ten least popular fighters were DOLOVOR 5484, HORMONAL GROWTH 5534, HAROLUE 5464, GROND 5540, GALLORDIN 5486, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0. The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn: DOLOVOR (2-5484) THE GOLDEN FISH (147) Name-Change-O-Rama The summer tourney brought a lot of people to the Isle who didn't appear there normally. This included Commission employees. Half a dozen arenamasters regarded each other warily in the mirror behind the bar at the Pig in a Haystack. The Pig was obscure and mediocre, drawing few gladiators, which is what they had all been looking for. They saw gladiators every day. Most arenamaster were convinced that this was some kind of punishment. You could always pick out the arenamasters in a crowd. There were superficial differences: One of these had clearly Adantri features, one wore an eye-patch, two were female. But there were, in significant ways, alike. The same size, the same hair-trigger alertness, the same deadliness. The one-eyed man broke the ice, raising his beer mug in salute. "I'm Zrof One- Eye from Zukal. Sugar of Arvat--" One of the women bowed slightly. "I know Sugar. The rest of you...?" The Adantri matched his salute. "Dernal of Dayla Kiv." "Daiyla Kiv? Ah...." "No, without the 'I' in it. These damned bureaucrats can't spell, and they thought adding an unnecessary vowel was exotic." Disgust dripped from his voice. "Tell me about it!" another man growled in agreement. "Khagal of Niatoli, and what they do to the spelling of THAT simple word--!" "I thought Daiyla, I mean Dayla Kiv had a different name right now," Arenamistress Sugar said. "The arena, at least, because of a contest?" "Chavez Ravine." Dernal's tone was the one that substituted in polite company for spitting on the floor. Zrof blinked, taken aback by the bitterness. He wouldn't have minded a contest in Zukal, and damn what they called the place. "It's only temporary, though." "Temporary, shmiperary," another man muttered. He seemed well into his drinking, although, like all arenamasters, he carried his liquor well. "They do it all the time in Aradi. No reshpect. Go around changing thish, changing that. I wish I could change shome thingsh." He signalled the bartender for a refill. The second woman put her hand over his mug. "You've had enough, Harkon. Try the coffee, instead." "You should be mad, too, Ripplesh," Harkon said. "They're going to do shtuff like that in Jahnsh, aren't they?" Ripples Dorrigan shrugged. All the men paused, some with glasses half raised, to watch. "It's the way things are," she said. "Not much we can do about it." "You know," Khagal of Niatoli said, "maybe we could make a few changes. Fix the spelling of Arena 33, for one, change a few standby titles--" "The Commission hates changes." Dernal of Dayla Kiv topped up his glass and drained it gloomily. "Yes, but if we disguise it," Sugar of Arvat said, excited, "make it... maybe a general Name-Change-O-Rama! Then we could slip OUR changes through and no one would notice or mind." *-------*-------*-------*-------*-------*-------* By popular demand, we are holding a Name-Change-o-Rama during the month of September, 2008. If you wish to change the name of your warriors or teams, please contact RSI Customer Service. The charge for a name change is $1.