DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/17/2013 Duedate: 01/30/2013
OSKSI ARENA
DM-3 TURN-724
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
FREQUENT FLAYER
GENERATION X (416)
(3-7027) [15-1-0,109]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
FREQUENT FLAYER MOONBAT
GENERATION X (416) POLITICAL ASYLUM (629)
(3-7027) [15-1-0,109] (3-6877) [4-0-0,53]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
SKADI KANDARESRON VARN
AESIR (164) GAMES LIBRARY (340)
(3-7172) [15-18-0,87] (3-7257) [12-7-0,52]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
GAMES LIBRARY (340)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE BLACK COMPANY (525) 45
2. N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) 36 VEGGIES (591)
3. AESIR (164) 25 Unchartered Team
4. POLITICAL ASYLUM (629) 15
5. GENERATION X (416) 8 POLITICAL ASYLUM (629)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*POLITICAL ASYLUM (629) 4 1 0 80.0 1/ 1 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 8 7 0
2/ 2 VEGGIES (591) 59 29 3 67.0 2/ 2 AESIR (164) 7 4 0
3- 3 NUMBERS (663) 28 22 1 56.0 3/ 4 THE BLACK COMPANY (525) 7 5 0
4/ 4 GENERATION X (416) 285 230 23 55.3 4/ 3 GENERATION X (416) 6 2 1
5- 5 PASTA (616) 160 149 14 51.8 5/10 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) 3 7 0
6/ 7 AESIR (164) 776 769 49 50.2 6/ 8*POLITICAL ASYLUM (629) 2 1 0
7/ 6 F IS FOR... 2 (650) 17 17 0 50.0 7/ 9 VEGGIES (591) 1 2 0
8/ 8 THE BLACK COMPANY (525) 95 108 7 46.8 8- 5 PASTA (616) 1 2 0
9/ 9 GAMES LIBRARY (340) 829 %1136 24 42.2 9/ 7 F IS FOR... 2 (650) 1 2 0
10/10 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648) 41 97 1 29.7 10- 6 NUMBERS (663) 1 4 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
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 718): ERBIN PARNAN of LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 601): FORBIDDEN FRUIT of MISNOMERS (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 723): FREQUENT FLAYER of GENERATION X (The Storm Lord, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 695): JAEGER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 719): BUZZ KILL of HOOKED ON COFFEE (slugbait, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 714): HARD CORE of INK & STEEL FOREVER (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 723): MARGO of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 707): JIGGA of JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 709): KILL KITTEN of ARDUIN GRIMOIRE (Rascally Rabbit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 708): SPOONFUL of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 674): FANG of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 663): ARGONATH of PILLAR OF KINGS (The Greek Guy, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 307): MASSEY of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 656): ELIFAS KENT of DELVERS (Harby, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 607): MOONDARK of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 289): DIAN WEI of ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 282): JOHN WAYNE of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 552): NEEVAN POVAR of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): LONDON BEEFEATER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 600): CRYSOPRASE of ILLFANG PACT (She-Puppy, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 718): LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 601): THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 723): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 695): PEARL JAM (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 719): SHADY LADYS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 714): BLACK AND BLUES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 723): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 707): JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 709): CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 708): TOON INN (Chuck, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 374): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 663): JINDA-BAN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 307): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 656): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 607): VAN DUEL (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 289): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 282): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 552): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): MONGREL HORDE (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 600) DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (The Upright Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 717): ALLANA LORIMER of LOW ROAD 3 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 695): JAEGER of DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 694): KID KOALA of COLLEGE RADIO #4 (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 722): MARY ANN of CHURCH LADIES (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 707): JIGGA of JAY-Z (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 708): SPOONFUL of THE BLUES (Buri, mgr.)
DAGAN of BLOOD AND SAND (Deep Thought, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): WOXTON of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 655): RIMA ADLER of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 281): KING MIDAS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 551): MOOSEHEAD of FLOYD'S BREWERY (Floyd, mgr.)
KOLBERT MOON of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
It's me, The Unknown Spymaster, back to give you this week's Spy Report. Sit
back in your seats and we'll have more fun than a barrel of Zontanis. A stormcloud
is brewing over the NUMBERS guildhouse. Rumor says any more weeks like this ones
0-0-0 may send the team to the Dark Arena. Coming up with a solid 2-3-0 outing,
N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS has advanced 5 places in the rankings. THE BLACK COMPANY is no joke
as it posted a 3-1-0 week advancing from 4th place to 3rd place. Hey everybody,
watch out for STAINLESS STEEL, who flew up 24 points in the rankings after mashing
ARUGULA like a melon. Keep your eye on this gal. And falling like a basher in the
top ten was ARUGULA, who dropped 16 points after a disappointing (to say the least)
bout with STAINLESS STEEL. Well, everybody's pal FREQUENT FLAYER moved his record to
15-1-0 by defeating M. CHARDINEE in the Duelmaster's Title Bout and gaining 5
recognition points. 4 out of 5 gladiators surveyed protect the body, so try and
avoid aiming at that location.
Here is other news that is of note. And hey, kiddies, those of you who didn't
avoid AESIR, please raise you hand. Wow. Does OSKSI really have that many liars?
Okay, so I may not be funny, but catch F IS FOR... 2's act in the arena. Those
acrobats seem to be fairly deft at running from AESIR. Well dang howdy, but if
challenges were votes, FENTANAYL would be president. Although it may be a contest it
doesn't want to win. Can any one out there say 'weasel'? Oh well, just saying
FENTANAYL will do. It challenged 24 points down to trash VITHAR. I just want to
congratulate VITHAR on beating FENTANAYL. He overcame his superior-ranked opponent
and gained 23 points. Congrats! Was it guts or an overtaxed mental capacity that
had WHISPER challenge up 30 points in the rankings to take on SKADI? To the crowd's
chants of 'Bo-zo bo-zo bo-zo', SKADI was taken out by the lower-ranked WHISPER.
(Maybe it's time to think Dark Arena?).
Remember that an arena is not always a safe place to be, but it is one of the
most interesting, though! Ask not the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes
and no. Silly buggers, eh?
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in OSKSI have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Okay, so I may not be the
world's best comedian, but then you guys aren't the world's best warriors. And
remember, you can pick your friends and you can pick your--(loud boos), oh, you've
heard that one already!-- The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FREQUENT FLAYER 7027 15 1 0 109 GENERATION X (416)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VITHAR 7279 12 6 0 98 AESIR (164)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SKADI 7172 15 18 0 87 AESIR (164)
-HIGHLIGHT FILM 7205 10 4 1 84 GENERATION X (416)
FENTANAYL 7198 16 15 0 79 F IS FOR... 2 (650)
WHISPER 7315 9 0 0 77 THE BLACK COMPANY (525)
-46 7309 7 3 0 71 NUMBERS (663)
BRUNHILDE 7278 12 6 2 68 AESIR (164)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
RAVEN 6040 7 6 0 65 THE BLACK COMPANY (525)
-5 7305 8 2 1 62 NUMBERS (663)
STAINLESS STEEL 7220 8 10 1 60 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648)
MERISANDARA TIRON 7245 11 11 0 57 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-RAVIOLI 7192 6 4 1 54 PASTA (616)
-ROTELLE 7174 9 8 0 53 PASTA (616)
L.T. WALLBANGER 7177 8 21 0 53 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOONBAT 6877 4 0 0 53 POLITICAL ASYLUM (629)
KANDARESRON VARN 7257 12 7 0 52 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
MELONDARION NORIS 7234 13 10 0 49 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
ARUGULA 7180 11 10 1 44 VEGGIES (591)
NANCY 7201 8 13 0 43 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DAVID 7199 6 15 0 33 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648)
KEAMRON VRO 7320 4 5 0 31 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
SMOKE 6039 2 11 1 31 THE BLACK COMPANY (525)
-RIGATONI 7317 2 2 0 30 PASTA (616)
DORATEA SORJAK 7326 4 2 0 26 THE BLACK COMPANY (525)
-BRONO 7334 3 1 0 26 AESIR (164)
JUNKFOOD JUNKIE 7282 5 8 0 25 N.G.O.A. KNIGHTS (648)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-STRYKER 7318 4 2 0 23 THE BLACK COMPANY (525)
BUBBLICIOUS 7350 2 0 0 19 GENERATION X (416)
-7 7314 5 3 0 18 NUMBERS (663)
-33 7308 4 6 0 18 NUMBERS (663)
-69 7307 3 7 0 16 NUMBERS (663)
-FOSINOPRIL 7195 1 0 0 8 F IS FOR... 2 (650)
MARISONDRA KENDRA 7336 1 3 0 6 GAMES LIBRARY (340)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
WACKO 6873 0 1 0 POLITICAL ASYLUM 629 BANDIT PRINCE 724 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Raven -- I guess experience can win fights. Phew. -- Arugula
We're running really short on time here, stuff has come up in the outer world. So
the personals will be brief (okay, probably brief) and not too personal. -- Games
Library
Brunhilde -- Well, of course. I can't carry a tune in a bucket, after all. --
Merisandara Tiron, wondering if there ARE buckets made for carrying tunes
Whisper -- I didn't even hear you coming. -- Kandaresron Varn
Smoke -- (cough cough) -- Keamron Vro
Brono -- Nothing like a glaring mis-match. -- Melondarion Noris
Bubblicious -- That's revolting. -- Marisondra Kendra
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
WACKO was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
FENTANAYL was vanquished by VITHAR in a 1 minute uneven Challenge battle.
WHISPER luckily beat SKADI in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody uneven Challenge fight.
RAVEN overpowered MELONDARION NORIS in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SMOKE was viciously subdued by KANDARESRON VARN in a 2 minute Challenge brawl.
FREQUENT FLAYER devastated M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
BRUNHILDE overcame L.T. WALLBANGER in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
ARUGULA was vanquished by STAINLESS STEEL in a 2 minute uneven duel.
MERISANDARA TIRON vanquished DAVID in a action packed 3 minute uneven fight.
MOONBAT overpowered KEAMRON VRO in a action packed 1 minute one-sided fight.
NANCY beat AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute fight.
JUNKFOOD JUNKIE was luckily beaten by DORATEA SORJAK in a 8 minute bloody match.
BUBBLICIOUS slimly won victory over MARISONDRA KENDRA in a 3 minute novice's contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 6 WALL OF STEEL 33 - 18 - 0 65 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 4 - 1 64 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 8 - 1 56 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 6 - 1 54 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 16 - 0 53 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 21 - 19 - 2 53 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 19 - 1 49 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 BASHING ATTACK 23 - 34 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 AIMED BLOW 3 - 5 - 0 38 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 TOTAL PARRY 2 - 4 - 0 33 |
Turn 724 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 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 1 3 WALL OF STEEL
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 4 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK FREQUENT FLAYER 7027 15 1 0 109 GENERATION X (416)
BASHING ATTACK VITHAR 7279 12 6 0 98 AESIR (164)
SLASHING ATTACK FENTANAYL 7198 16 15 0 79 F IS FOR... 2 (650)
WALL OF STEEL WHISPER 7315 9 0 0 77 THE BLACK COMPANY (525)
STRIKING ATTACK MOONBAT 6877 4 0 0 53 POLITICAL ASYLUM (629)
PARRY-LUNGE ARUGULA 7180 11 10 1 44 VEGGIES (591)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is SKADI 7172. The most popular warrior this turn was
KANDARESRON VARN 7257. The ten other most popular fighters were MERISANDARA TIRON
7245, BUBBLICIOUS 7350, STAINLESS STEEL 7220, MOONBAT 6877, SKADI 7172, FREQUENT
FLAYER 7027, BRUNHILDE 7278, NANCY 7201, MARISONDRA KENDRA 7336, and VITHAR 7279.
The least popular fighter this week was DORATEA SORJAK 7326. The other ten least
popular fighters were JUNKFOOD JUNKIE 7282, KEAMRON VRO 7320, DAVID 7199, SMOKE 6039,
MELONDARION NORIS 7234, FENTANAYL 7198, WACKO 6873, ARUGULA 7180, L.T. WALLBANGER
7177, and RAVEN 6040.
AVOIDS, BLOODFEUDS, & CHALLENGES
by Pagan
Ever wonder how the whole challenge/avoid thing works?
Who you fight depends on exactly how it works. We will never know exactly how it
works unless we can get a look at the coding for the program, but this is how I think
it works:
The Situation:
The system allows a warrior to make two separate challenges and two distinct
avoids.
Avoids are distinct in that they MUST indicate a specific team to be avoided, so
a "double avoid" indicates a single team twice, which by default means you are
avoiding one team. In this case, the second avoid is a duplicate and therefore a
waste of an avoid.
Challenges are to specific warriors. You have a first challenge, and then you
have a second challenge.
The Process:
First the computer removes all Dark Arena challengers from the list of available
warriors.
Second, the computer checks for WHO fights WHO by going though all TVs and
bloodfeuds, which are 100% sure to go through except in four instances:
1. the warrior challenged does not fight,
2. the warrior challenged is also making a bloodfeud or TV challenge and that
challenge has already been assigned,
3. the warrior has already been assigned to a Dark Arena fight,
4. that warrior has declared your team to be one of his warrior's avoids,
reducing your challenge to 50%.
Third, the computer assesses all the regular first-challenge warriors and assigns
fights. All other challenges are at 100% chance of success except in a few instances:
warrior challenged is going to the DA, warrior challenged is involved in a previously
assigned challenge, warrior challenged is not running this turn, or warrior challenged
has avoided your team at 50% chance to avoid.
Fourth, the computer assesses and assigns all secondary challenges of warriors
not so far assigned for bloodfeuds and TVs.
Fifth, the computer assesses and assigns all the regular second challenges.
Sixth, the computer assigns random matchups in each available class starting with
the highest class first.
Seventh, the computer finds the remaining warriors that have successfully avoided
all first and second challenges and/or who also did not get randomly assigned, AND for
whom no more available warriors remain in their class for random pairing. All of
these warriors get RSI-generated warriors to fight based on their class.
So, if I'm right and avoids reduce the chance for a challenge to 50%, then:
In the absence of an avoid
single challenge = 100% success
double challenge = 100% success, then an additional 100% success
Where an avoid is involved
single challenge vs avoid = 50% success
double challenge vs avoid = 75% (chance to avoid is 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25; 1 -
0.25 = 75% chance to succeed
Bloodfeuds and TVs may increase the percentage chance of success above 100%, or
they may not. I feel that their increased ability to get through is based solely on
the way the computer assigns challenges. They are first, so they are most likely to
go through. The 100% chance for a challenge to succeed is 100% if it's a TV bloodfeud
and you are the first one to get assigned a fight that day because you are also the
Duelmaster. But after that the chances start to diminish rapidly.
The run-through for second challenges theoretically means your challenge should
be 100% but it's not the case if you are the LAST guy the computer goes to for finding
challenges.
If you don't double challenge, you significantly lower your chance to get your
challenge through. The second challenge is not equal to the first challenge.
Pagan