DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 01/17/2013 Duedate: 02/13/2013 ARKERS ARENA DM-8 TURN-357 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS PORT-A-FORTRESS THE CHOSEN (613) (8-5355) [12-2-0,85] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader PORT-A-FORTRESS POSITION IS EMPTY THE CHOSEN (613) (8-5355) [12-2-0,85] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite KOTTER NAHL FIELDER MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) YOU PAY I SLAY (373) (8-5197) [9-37-0,73] (8-5276) [7-1-1,77] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. THE CHOSEN (613) 26 2. STAR HUNTER (603) 9 STAR HUNTER (603) 3. MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 2 Unchartered Team 4. YOU PAY I SLAY (373) -3 RESCUE RANGERS (248) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 2 STAR HUNTER (603) 12 9 0 57.1 1/ 1 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 7 5 0 2/ 1 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 96 76 5 55.8 2/ 3 THE CHOSEN (613) 7 8 0 3/ 3 THE CHOSEN (613) 153 152 9 50.2 3/ 2 STAR HUNTER (603) 5 1 0 4/ 4 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) 200 323 5 38.2 4/ 4 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT The tavern was full tonight. Patrons drank, sang, and talked about the games earlier that day. Shikari sat across the table looking admiringly at Ocean. Since Shikari signed onto the Chosen stable, she has followed Ocean around like a lost pup. The young girl admired her. The way a younger sister admires her older sibling. Shikari sat with her chair turned around the wrong way, her folded arms resting on the back of it. Shikari tended to dress very tom boyish. Black boots covered her feet and stopped at her knee. She also wore a pair of green cotton britches. Her white blouse was buttoned up. The starched collar lightly lay on her shoulder. Shikari's head rested on her folded arms. Her curly black hair was worn in a ponytail. Her gray eyes sparkled as Ocean continued to tell her tales of her travels to Arkers. Many years ago, after the Chosen had disbanded, Ocean headed to Monuntial to find work as a gladiator. The games weren't the same in the old Freeblades city. She soon lost interest in it. Fortune was with her because that stable disbanded as well. The rest of her many years were filled with travel and other adventures. Most grew bored with Ocean's tales. Some even would say that they were lies. But not Shikari. She believed. After every training session, or after dinner, she would seek Ocean out and ask more questions about her life. Ocean sat with her legs propped up in an empty chair. She wore a black pair of boots and white cotton pants. Her blue shirt was opened to the third button. There was just a hint of her small breast showing from the opening. Random male patrons wandered past the tables more than once. It is obvious they aren't interested in Ocean's story. Ocean knew what was going on and she loved the attention. This was a good thing. The blonde woman had never had a lack of attention from men. She picked up her glass of red wine and sipped before she continued taking to Shikari. As a matter of fact, this third glass of wine was purchased by the third different man in the room. Each man received a smile from her red painted lips and a nod of thanks. Unfortunately, that is all that Ocean was willing to give any of them tonight. The door to the tavern opened and a gust of winter air washed in, soon followed by a large bald man wearing a black over coat. The black coat went down to his calf. He wore black boots, blue denim britches, and a black shirt. He shut the door behind himself and headed to the table that Shikari and Ocean occupied. "Ladies." He said and waved the waitress over for a pint of ale. "Hello, boss." Replied Ocean. "Hello, Longshot, sir." Shikari said. Despite his efforts to stop it, she always called him sir. Longshot reached into his coat's pocket and took out a cigar. He then reached into the opposite pocket and pulled out a cutter. After snipping the end, he placed the cigar in his mouth. He then picked up the candle on the table and lit the dark roll of tobacco leaves. He puffed until the cigar's end lit up cherry red. He then sat back and puffed a couple of times to make sure that it was lit. The area was soon filled with the sweet smell of the tobacco. "Where is Pepsi?" he asked. "Out doing calisthenics. She didn't like that lost she received." Even though weeks had passed since the fight, the young warrior continued her endurance training. Longshot nodded and puffed again on the cigar. The waitress brought over the pint and he thanked her. He then flipped a coin to her. The woman's eyes bulged. Before she could tell him he paid too much, Longshot told her that she owed him two more pints. The rest was for her. The waitress thanked him profusely and hurried back to work. The truth of the matter was that she owed him six more at the amount she gave him. She made a mental note to spend the rest of the night coming over to make sure he was taken care of. "And Lionik?" Shikari tilted her head towards one of the dark corners. He could see the man had a young woman sitting on his lap. She was feeding him slivers of meat and giggling like a maniac at some joke the warrior whispered in her ear. "And where is Porta?" Ocean rolled her eyes and gave a sigh. Longshot knew where Porta was. The same place he had been since they arrived in Arkers. "He is in his room, Boss." She said. Porta hated Arkers. Hated it with a passion. He never hid his disdain for the place. It was good that he stayed in his room tonight. There is no telling what alcohol would do to his loose tongue. "Yes, sir. He is in his room working on his duelmaster's address speech. He said he wanted to get it out as soon as possible." Longshot placed his cigar on the edge of the table. "What did you say?" Shikari sat up straight. She didn't know what she had said wrong. But their manager had a look of dread upon his face. "He is working on his duelmaster's speech. He told me that he couldn't be disturbed." Despite his size, Longshot got up from the table and bolted for the door. The patrons looked to see what was causing the ruckus. Those that weren't fast enough to get out of the way were knocked to the floor. Soon he was out the door and running down the streets of Arkers. "Did I say something wrong?" asked Shikari. Ocean chuckled. "No little one. You didn't say anything wrong. Longshot is just afraid that Porta is going to say something rude. We are new to the city. We don't want to make waves. Not yet anyway. He managed to stop Porta's message last time. But this time, I fear the boss is too late." "Why is that?" asked Shikari. "Because Porta just walked through the door." The young warrior walked through the crowded room. He had a grimace upon his face and tended to give extra room to any patron walking by who seemed close to touching him. He wore a pair of blue pants and a thick orange shirt. A blue cloak hung from his shoulders to keep the winter winds at bay. His black curly hair was clean cut and he wore his moustache in a pencil thin line. When he finally arrived at the table, he sat down in the chair that was once occupied by his manager. Porta looked down at the pint of ale and the still smoldering cigar. "Longshot's?" Both women nodded. Porta then picked up the cigar ad began to puff away on it. "Where is he anyway?" Porta asked. Cigar smoke billowing from his mouth. "He ran out the door just before you entered." Ocean replied. She waved the smoke away. "Really? Why?" this time he was careful to exhale the smoke away from the others. Shikari looked down. "I told him you were working on your duel master speech." Her cheeks turned a rosy red. This caused Porta to laugh. "So, I guess he was going to make sure I didn't offend these sweaty urchins. Well, it is too late. I already left my words with the scribe at the commission. He couldn't change it now for all of the gold in Alastari." "Well, you are hard on the people here. Like them or not, they are Andorian. It isn't like they are Delarq." Ocean said while she swirled her wine in its glass. Porta picked up Longshot's pint and took a long pull from it. Soon the pint was empty and he placed the empty glass back on the table. "This is true." "Porta... Why is Mr. Longshot worried? What is he afraid of you doing?" Porta looked at the young girl sitting next to him. A sly smile on his lips. He then turned and looked at Ocean. She only held out her hand as if to say, "Tell her." After he finished, Shikari sat stunned with her mouth hanging open in shock. Ocean only covered her face with her hand and laughed. Their time in Arkers was going to be very interesting. * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * }%|[-----+O+-----]|%{ * ---===SLOW ARENA NEWS===--- Duelmasters ----------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 356): PORT-A-FORTRESS of THE CHOSEN (Longshot, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 354): POSTAGE of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 352): DRONE-ON of BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): MASSEY of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): AURORA MARIE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 304): GLOATING GARDENIA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, 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 71 KYR'TERR (turn 258): HALIFAX of BOMBS AWAY (Crip, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): LONDON BEEFEATER of MEAT YOUR MAKER (Crip, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 259): FRISBEE of FOUND IN THE SAND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 74): CONTRACT BRIDGE of OLDIES (Coach, mgr.) DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 256): THE REFEREE of AVID FANS (Crip, mgr.) Top Teams --------- DM 8 ARKERS (turn 356): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.) DM 28 MORYA (turn 354): LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.) DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 352): BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.) DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 306): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 304): BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.) DM 54 TROCAR (turn 289): ASIAN INVASION (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 282): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.) DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 258): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.) DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 258): MONGREL HORDE (Crip, mgr.) DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 256): SUPER STARS (Crip, mgr.) DM 83 TELORINTHE (turn 74): POSITION IS EMPTY DM 106 CRYSALIS (turn 256): SPARF! et al (Crip, mgr.) Recent Graduates ---------------- DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 305): WOXTON of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.) DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.) (turn 322): WILHELM SCREAM of OTTODROME TW (Otto X, mgr.) DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): MATH of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.) DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 303): JASMIN of JADE WARRIORS (Brandon Massingale, mgr.) LI KUI of WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.) DM 59 ILLIS (turn 281): KING MIDAS of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.) (turn 280): INUYASHA of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Phantasm, mgr.) DUELMASTER'S COLUMN Notes from the arena champ. So... This is Arkers? What a hole. They closed the games in Seam but this place gets to continue to fester? Arkers is the cancer of Andor. I suggest to Longshot, no I pleaded with him to go to Aruak City. That is the place we should be. But no. He insisted on coming to this cess pit. I arrived and what do I see? The streets are dirty, it smells of dung, there are snot nosed children begging for money, and the most god awful looking women offering their services. I assume they are women. The amount of hair upon their faces says otherwise. It also seems that I have won the title here in this cancer. Very well. If it is a champion you so badly need; if it is a duelmaster that you need, I will accept the title. Perhaps I can inspire some of the citizens here to crawl out of the urine puddles they love so much and try walking upright. Since the "You Pay I Slay" stable has taken a hiatus, I guess I will try my mettle against another member of Middle Way 11. All glory to Seam, Port-A-Fortress SPY REPORT Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in ARKERS this turn, and let's start with a look at some of the teams. And let's see, OCEAN SIZE fought VIRTUOUS SCRIBE and gained 10 points and contributed to THE CHOSEN's 2-3-0. LELAND OLVEN has lost to NOBLE ASSASSIN, falling 7 points, while helping make MIDDLE WAY 11 a 2-2-0 turn. Defending his title for another turn, PORT-A-FORTRESS kept YOU PAY I SLAY's warrior, FIELDER, from claiming the throne. Can someone confirm a rumor for me? I hear the top team makes their losing fighters do dishes at The Swinging Aardvark until they win. Maybe? The crowd's roar, the smell of iron and leather, mixed with sweat, what more could a warrior ask of life? Well, besides that. STAR HUNTER has cause to stand tall, as they were ARKERS' most avoided team. A smart manager knows this is a team to beat. And guess who avoided STAR HUNTER stable the most? Believe it or not, it was THE CHOSEN. Anyone surprised? The most challenged warrior this turn was MIDDLE WAY 11's warrior ORVILLE ROUSE. More fighters challenged him than challenged the Duelmaster! We only live a short time in this world, so why not take a sharp blade, and shave it close? Is it really true that ARKERS has more dishwashers per capita that fighters? Just thought I'd ask... I like this place, ARKERS, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls. Who could ask for more? Always good to rest in ARKERS, but never good to wear out my welcome. Look for me in future turns. Until you see my quill in ARKERS again, farewell-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PORT-A-FORTRESS 5355 12 2 0 85 THE CHOSEN (613) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -IMA SLAYER 5271 10 3 1 85 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) -URA GONER 5214 5 1 0 84 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) FIELDER 5276 7 1 1 77 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) KOTTER NAHL 5197 9 37 0 73 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) -LUCKY 5313 8 0 1 71 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) -PENNY 5261 6 4 0 71 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME IMERTA LOEL 5225 11 27 0 61 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) LIONIK 5352 7 7 0 61 THE CHOSEN (613) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LELAND OLVEN 5262 12 11 1 50 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SHIELD WALL 5253 6 3 0 33 STAR HUNTER (603) ORVILLE ROUSE 5322 5 5 0 26 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SILENT ONE 5254 5 2 0 21 STAR HUNTER (603) OCEAN SIZE 5346 2 2 0 21 THE CHOSEN (613) -CRUSHER 5251 1 2 0 5 STAR HUNTER (603) SHIKARI 5345 0 3 0 5 THE CHOSEN (613) -LITTLE LADY 5255 0 1 0 1 STAR HUNTER (603) -LARGE LADY 5252 0 1 0 1 STAR HUNTER (603) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PEPSI 5344 0 4 0 THE CHOSEN 613 STONE GOLEM 357 NONE PERSONAL ADS Vicious Scribe -- When I figure out how you did that, I am going to get you. Meanie. -- Shikari Kotter Nahl -- It was a good attempt, sir. I feel that luck was on my side in that one. Maybe some time in the future? -- Lionik Imerta Loel -- I am sorry. I was distracted by your lovely mustache. Someone told me that you were female. Obviously, they were trying to play a joke on me. -- Port- A- Fortress Shield Wall -- I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! -- Pepsi Silent One -- Well, that was interesting. Why do they call you the Silent one if you talked during the fight? -- Ocean Size Orville Rouse -- You lucky little S.O.B. I will get you next time. -- Ocean Size Shield Wall -- You are a dooty head. -- Shikari Silent One -- What was the point? -- Pepsi M.Chardinee -- Why did you do that? And Debby Tonte can eat it. I will never step aside for you. -- Port-A- Fortress 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. -- those who walk the Middle Way Lionik -- Huh, we went three-one today, and as the person who got the only loss, *I* get stuck doing the personal. Oh, well, good fight and all. I do like a man who's taller than I am. -- Imerta Loel P.S. A werecat counts as a man, doesn't he? LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS PEPSI was dealt death by STONE GOLEM in a crowd pleasing 2 minute Dark Arena fight. PORT-A-FORTRESS unbelievably bested FIELDER in a action packed 6 minute Title battle. KOTTER NAHL defeated LIONIK in a crowd pleasing 1 minute mismatched duel. IMERTA LOEL savagely defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute one-sided fight. LELAND OLVEN was vanquished by NOBLE ASSASSIN in a exciting 1 minute mismatched fight. ORVILLE ROUSE was bested by SHIELD WALL in a popular 3 minute competition. SILENT ONE viciously subdued SHIKARI in a 5 minute gruesome melee. OCEAN SIZE unbelievably bested VIRTUOUS SCRIBE in a 5 minute novice's duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |LUNGING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 3 - 0 77 | |TOTAL PARRY 3 TOTAL PARRY 11 - 4 - 0 73 | |STRIKING ATTACK 2 LUNGING ATTACK 18 - 10 - 1 64 | |AIMED BLOW 1 AIMED BLOW 7 - 4 - 0 64 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 5 - 0 50 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 STRIKING ATTACK 5 - 9 - 0 36 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 2 - 0 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 8 - 0 33 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | |SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 - 0 0 | Turn 357 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: AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 3 LUNGING ATTACK BASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 SLASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 4 2 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME TOTAL PARRY PORT-A-FORTRESS 5355 12 2 0 85 THE CHOSEN (613) LUNGING ATTACK FIELDER 5276 7 1 1 77 YOU PAY I SLAY (373) WALL OF STEEL LELAND OLVEN 5262 12 11 1 50 MIDDLE WAY 11 (546) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is KOTTER NAHL 5197. The most popular warrior this turn was FIELDER 5276. The ten other most popular fighters were ORVILLE ROUSE 5322, IMERTA LOEL 5225, PEPSI 5344, KOTTER NAHL 5197, SILENT ONE 5254, SHIKARI 5345, PORT-A-FORTRESS 5355, LIONIK 5352, OCEAN SIZE 5346, and LELAND OLVEN 5262. The least popular fighter this week was SHIELD WALL 5253. The other ten least popular fighters were LELAND OLVEN 5262, OCEAN SIZE 5346, LIONIK 5352, PORT-A-FORTRESS 5355, SHIKARI 5345, SILENT ONE 5254, KOTTER NAHL 5197, PEPSI 5344, IMERTA LOEL 5225, and ORVILLE ROUSE 5322. 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