DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/17/2015 Duedate: 08/29/2015 NIANIA ARENA DM-2 TURN-669 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS LUCY MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) (2-6090) [16-3-0,137] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader LUCY IN VINCULIS MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) DOLI CAPAX (706) (2-6090) [16-3-0,137] (2-6155) [1-0-0,25] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite LUCY CHAZZ MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) (2-6090) [16-3-0,137] (2-6132) [6-1-0,54] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. DOLI CAPAX (706) 59 2. SPRINGTIME IV (709) 10 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) 3. THE RUNAROUND (381) 9 Unchartered Team 4. MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) 8 5. SATAN'S SUPPER (705) 8 SATAN'S SUPPER (705) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 1*SATAN'S SUPPER (705) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) 9 3 0 2/ 0*SPRINGTIME IV (709) 1 0 0 100 2/ 3*SATAN'S SUPPER (705) 2 0 0 3/ 2 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) 57 33 2 63.3 3/ 0*DOLI CAPAX (706) 2 3 0 4/ 0 DELINQUENTZ (511) 9 6 0 60.0 4/ 0*SPRINGTIME IV (709) 1 0 0 5/ 3 THE RUNAROUND (381) 119 126 13 48.6 5/ 2 THE RUNAROUND (381) 1 8 0 6/ 0*DOLI CAPAX (706) 2 3 0 40.0 6/ 0 DELINQUENTZ (511) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty, and despair! DOLI CAPAX had cause to celebrate, after IN VINCULIS got 25 points by beating JOSHUA. LUCY successfully staved off a grab for the roses by GENERAL PATTERN of THE RUNAROUND. Does NIANIA have no one talented enough to dethrone her? So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me. My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter. But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights! To quell some nasty rumors, the guys in THE RUNAROUND are not carrying any incurable diseases. No need to avoid 'em. The warriors of THE RUNAROUND found their efforts at combat frustrated as MENTOR DEMENTOR apparently had more important things to do than fight. Is there life after death? Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after life! Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the arena. A certain tavern in NIANIA would I avoid! All good things must come to an end. Keep those sands bloody and the buzzards fat! Do not despair! I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LUCY 6090 16 3 0 137 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SEDAN OF BAN 6112 10 8 1 95 THE RUNAROUND (381) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GENERAL PATTERN 5955 18 23 2 88 THE RUNAROUND (381) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME GWAR 6074 13 9 1 66 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CHAZZ 6132 6 1 0 54 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CRYINARA 6131 6 8 1 30 THE RUNAROUND (381) IN VINCULIS 6155 1 0 0 25 DOLI CAPAX (706) -EAU DE PERE 5789 2 18 0 24 THE RUNAROUND (381) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME UNDIVINE BOVINE 6147 2 0 0 21 SATAN'S SUPPER (705) LOSER #3 6157 1 0 0 13 DOLI CAPAX (706) ACCUSED FAUN 6176 1 0 0 10 SPRINGTIME IV (709) CUJO 6186 0 1 0 1 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) JOSHUA 4463 0 1 0 1 DELINQUENTZ (511) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? *TOSHA 4391 5 3 0 DELINQUENTZ 511 GWAR 6074 665 NOT REVENGED DORK ARENA 6168 0 1 0 DOLI CAPAX 706 CLARENCE S. VOLE 669 NONE LOSER #1 6153 0 1 0 DOLI CAPAX 706 WURM KIN 669 NONE LOSER #2 6158 0 1 0 DOLI CAPAX 706 BANDIT PRINCE 669 NONE PERSONAL ADS LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS DORK ARENA was butchered by CLARENCE S. VOLE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. LOSER #2 was viciously butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute Dark Arena battle. LOSER #1 was murdered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. LUCY won victory over GENERAL PATTERN in a popular 2 minute master's Title brawl. SEDAN OF BAN narrowly defeated GWAR in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bloody match. CHAZZ viciously subdued CRYINARA in a crowd pleasing 3 minute brutal fight. UNDIVINE BOVINE devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided competition. LOSER #3 outwaited CONVICTED THIEF in a crowd boring 7 minute melee. IN VINCULIS vanquished JOSHUA in a 1 minute one-sided duel. ACCUSED FAUN vanquished CUJO in a 1 minute one-sided duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |AIMED BLOW 4 LUNGING ATTACK 10 - 1 - 0 91 | |BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 6 - 1 - 0 86 | |WALL OF STEEL 2 AIMED BLOW 26 - 13 - 1 67 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 2 - 0 67 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 15 - 2 46 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 7 - 10 - 0 41 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 11 - 1 31 | |STRIKING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 - 0 0 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 669 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: WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 5 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 WALL OF STEEL PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 0 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME AIMED BLOW LUCY 6090 16 3 0 137 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) BASHING ATTACK SEDAN OF BAN 6112 10 8 1 95 THE RUNAROUND (381) WALL OF STEEL CHAZZ 6132 6 1 0 54 MENTOR DEMENTOR (697) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is LUCY 6090. The most popular warrior this turn was CHAZZ 6132. The ten other most popular fighters were LUCY 6090, SEDAN OF BAN 6112, GWAR 6074, IN VINCULIS 6155, LOSER #2 6158, GENERAL PATTERN 5955, ACCUSED FAUN 6176, CRYINARA 6131, UNDIVINE BOVINE 6147, and DORK ARENA 6168. The least popular fighter this week was LOSER #3 6157. The other ten least popular fighters were CUJO 6186, JOSHUA 4463, LOSER #1 6153, DORK ARENA 6168, UNDIVINE BOVINE 6147, CRYINARA 6131, ACCUSED FAUN 6176, GENERAL PATTERN 5955, LOSER #2 6158, and IN VINCULIS 6155. FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV PRIMUS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME DEADLY BEAR 3688 (201-158-0) 3 3 0 THE BEARS MORTICIAN 3890 (113-35-2) 2 2 0 INTIMIDATING CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BURGLAR 5431 (63-63-0) 10 3 0 INQUISITION SL5 THE MONARCH 5688 (86-47-0) 7 3 0 042909A THE BUNNY GOD 5631 (17-0-0) 2 2 0 042909A TRIFFID 3408 (90-89-1) 2 3 0 CREAM OF THE SLOP ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BOLD MR. WASABI 5622 (19-2-0) 10 3 0 042909A SKIDMARK BUG 5711 (65-39-2) 7 3 0 042909A RATTLER 5654 (63-68-0) 1 3 0 SERPENTS HOLD JORMP JUMPER 5834 (9-2-0) 0 3 0 SAM'S TOYS FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME AMBEERDEXTROUS 5618 (50-49-1) 3 3 0 042909A CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME DEPP 6071 (16-1-0) 5 3 0 MENTOR DEMENTOR ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SKITZO 4989 (1-3-0) 1 3 0 HATEFUL INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME DIZZY DAN 6135 (4-0-0) 3 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS BITTER BRANDI 6139 (3-1-0) 2 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS LOVELY LINDA 6138 (3-1-0) 1 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS LOVABLE LARRY 6136 (4-0-0) 0 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME MAMBA 6100 (1-1-0) 2 3 0 SERPENTS HOLD NIGHTGLOW 6129 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 INVISIBLE SUN CHAZZ 6132 (3-1-0) 1 3 0 MENTOR DEMENTOR BITTER PILL 6104 (3-0-0) 0 3 0 OBELISK 002 SHOE THORN 6141 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 HATEFUL ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME ANGRY DWARF 6120 (0-0-0) 7 3 0 OBELISK 002 LOSER #3 6157 (0-0-0) 7 3 0 DOLI CAPAX UNDIVINE BOVINE 6147 (0-0-0) 6 3 0 SATAN'S SUPPER RAZORS EDGE 6173 (0-0-0) 4 3 1 DEATH PENALTY FESCUE 6044 (0-0-0) 1 3 0 CREAM OF THE SLOP GLASS EYE 6174 (0-0-0) 0 3 0 MENTOR DEMENTOR The Turf Wars are coming. The Turf Wars are coming. Come one; come all. Gather your alliance or collection of 2-4 teams and join in the competition. Hurry up! While Feb 2016 seems so far away, it is only six or so turns away, and it does take a while to make sure you have a team in DM47, communicate to find a group, send in certs, announce in writing in DM47, etc. etc. Teams of all levels and managers of all types, including newbies, find themselves competing quite well in this type of competition. Let's make the tenth anniversary (TWX) the biggest and best ever. This 10th competition will be hosted and moderated by the triumvirate of Assur, Master Darque and Oz The All-Wonderful. Anyone may participate: known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each alliance must: a. Announce the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. b. Indicate in the newsletter which Captain/alliance you will join. c. Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted. Captains are responsible for: a. Verifying/authorizing, in the North Fork newsletter those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance. The confirmation/verification must occur after, or in the same newsletter, but not before, the participant's declaration. (Lack of participant indication of joining and/or subsequent lack of Captain confirmation will delay a team's participation in the Turf War.) b. Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War. c. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may, if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.) Participating managers who are not Captains must: a. Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already submitted by Captain. Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the winning pool of prizes.) b. 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 or Chatzy will not be accepted. 1. No scores will be tabulated until two RSI Gift Certificates are received, and participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the North Fork newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS. 2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified in the same or subsequent newsletter by the alliance Captain they will represent. 3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. No arena multiple teams or aliases will be allowed. Violations will result in immediate manager disqualification (including team point adjustments) from the Turf War (so be sure to take any multiple teams OFF of Team Maintenance and be certain not to run any other team warriors). 4. Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams/alliances that do not properly declare or get captain confirmation 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 score will not begin until Turn 3. All conditions must be met before scoring will begin--declaration, verification, and Gift Certificate received. 5. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 3 of the Turf War. 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. (Note: the intent is to have a very thorough set of rules so that few decisions, if any, are required from the moderators.) Scoring will be as follows for Fights: Team Points: a. Fights made: (includes DA fights) 1 = 0 points, 2 = 0 points, 3 = 1 point, 4 = 3 points, 5 = 5 points b. Wins earned: 1 = 1 point, 2 = 3 points, 3 = 6 points, 4 = 10 points, 5 = 15 points c. Champion win = 3 additional points d. Down Challenge = (-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule) e. Team with most wins per round earns 4 additional points (If ties, no points awarded) Alliance Points (Rounds 1 through 5): a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 3 points All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 6 points All (each) team fights all five warriors = 9 b. Alliance with most wins per that round = 5 points (If tied, no points awarded.) Alliance Points (Rounds 6 through 10 as alliance point scoring doubles): c. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 6 points All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 12 points All (each) team fights all five warriors = 18 d. Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points e. (If tied, no points awarded.) Champions: a. A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory. It is to the team's/alliance's advantage that you do so. b. Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time. c. Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior or the Dark Arena, may be replaced. d. Champions must have fought at least one previous fight in the North Fork (DM47 arena) to be able to be declared a champion. e. A Champion can be declared on any round and point factors will begin that same turn. (Must meet above 4 conditions prior to declaring.) f. Challenges to or by Champions against members of the same alliance shall be scored as a loss for each warrior. No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or death in a tournament or graduation. A maximum of five warriors may be on a team at any time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.) It is not in the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors. Downchallenges: a. A downchallenge occurs when a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser recognition points. b. No challenge or bloodfeud by The Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. c. No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. d. Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges. Tournament Considerations: a. Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of recognition for North Fork. b. It is an opportunity to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf War. Special Considerations: a. Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points. b. 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. c. There will be a maximum of four (4) teams/managers allowed per alliance for the Turf War VII. The minimum is two (2). d. The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty. e. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team in the arena is aiding and/or abetting any TW alliance or team, the affected points won by the gifted team/alliance will be disallowed and the aiding non-TW team will be asked to desist from play in the arena until after the Turf War concludes. Prizes: The Turf War is meant to be a "winner takes all" contest. All prizes, except the Endu Award listed below, and 100% of the Gift Certificates will be awarded to the Captain of the winning alliance at the end of the competition. 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. All entry fees (rollup certs) are awarded to the winning alliance. The following prizes have been secured from RSI: a. Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena; b. Renaming of all Dark Arena Monsters c. Known Favorites for one DM47 warrior on each team of the winning alliance (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have at least one DM47 arena fight to receive this award). d. +1 Skill bonus (three) for each manager on the winning alliance. Bonus potions must be applied to living warriors from DM 47, no more than two skills per warrior. e. +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each and every individual manager who fights in all 10 rounds AND at least 45 fights of the Turf War. Bonus potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47) (Endu Award). f. Two additional random rollup sheets or rollup certs for each manager of the winning alliance from RSI. These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) within 4 turns of the end of TW VI. The certs will be mailed to the winning alliance by the Moderators within two weeks of the end of the TW. Moderators: The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur (the TWX Triumvirate), They will arbitrate all dealings during the course of the contest. Their decisions will be final. Direct questions, comments, and scoring disputes via Diplo in DM 47, on the Duel2 site in the Forums/via private message, or via email to: DM 47 (Diplo) Duel2 (PM/Forums) Email Oz: Land of Oz "The Consortium" wfms101@aol.com Master Darque: Darque Forces "Darque" rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com Assur: Bash Bros Park "Assur" assurnasir@yahoo.com