DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 09/29/2022 Duedate: 10/26/2022 ARKERS ARENA DM-8 TURN-482 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS ANGELA DEATH TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) (8-4310) [13-11-2,106] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader ANGELA DEATH SHAMWOW TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) INFOMERCIALS (659) (8-4310) [13-11-2,106] (8-5913) [4-5-0,38] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ANGELA DEATH LUXOR TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) TEN TON TOGAS (536) (8-4310) [13-11-2,106] (8-4619) [6-6-0,55] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM THE CHOSEN (613) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) 32 2. RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) 31 SMITHSONIAN (245) 3. SMITHSONIAN (245) 26 Unchartered Team 4. THE CHOSEN (613) 19 5. TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) 19 INFOMERCIALS (659) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*CODE NAME III (658) 8 3 1 72.7 1/ 1 THE CHOSEN (613) 8 6 1 2/ 2 SMITHSONIAN (245) 958 567 26 62.8 2/ 6 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) 7 3 2 3/ 4 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) 28 18 4 60.9 3/ 3 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) 6 6 2 4/ 3*INFOMERCIALS (659) 13 10 1 56.5 4- 4*CODE NAME III (658) 5 1 1 5/ 0 TEN TON TOGAS (536) 105 83 7 55.9 5/ 7 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) 5 3 1 6/ 5 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) 267 215 21 55.4 6- 2 LADIES IN WAITING (115) 5 5 1 7- 6 LADIES IN WAITING (115) 369 321 18 53.5 7/ 8 SMITHSONIAN (245) 4 6 0 8/ 7 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) 70 63 11 52.6 8/ 5*INFOMERCIALS (659) 3 1 0 9/ 8 THE CHOSEN (613) 425 394 32 51.9 9/ 9 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) 2 5 0 10/ 9 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) 61 65 2 48.4 10/ 0 TEN TON TOGAS (536) 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 *TURF WAR 13 (TW13) RULES* (revision 9-7-22-WS) Starting Jan, right after the FTF, T453 (10 turns) Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47) arena. Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each alliance must: 1. Indicate in the newsletter or on the RSI site your three team alliance. (You must state your alliance name, 3 team names, and 3 manager names.) 2. Request 3 gift certificates per manager from RSI as entry fee for TW13. RSI will hold all certs and distribute as team rus to TW13 winners. (**Change from past TWs) DO NOT send, or have sent, certs to the Moderators. Deadline: December 31, 2022. 3. Teams and warriors must be listed in the DM452 NL in order to compete. (This allows challenges on TW turn 1.) Other rules and discussion. 1. Only one (1) team per manager/player may be active in the arena. 2. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team, whether a 2nd team or a non-TW manager's 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. 3. As usual, any Turf War team must be shown/be posted in the DM47 Newsletter just prior (T452) to the actual scoring/participation start on T453 (e.g. new teams, transfers, current teams must show up in the newsletter prior to the beginning of participation, allowing opponent knowledge and challenging/avoiding). 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. 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.) 5. Definitions: Team = individual manager's stable Alliance = three teams united 6. No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or death in a tournament or graduation. There must be a maximum of five only on a team at any point and time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.) 7. It is not the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors. 8. Downchallenges: A downchallenge = a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser recognition points. No challenge or bloodfeud by the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges. 9. Tournament participation is allowed and encouraged as a great form of acclaim and recognition for North Fork and is an opportunity for warriors to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf War. 10. 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 B, you must end the Turf War with Team B. 11. The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty. However, only one win against a D.A. Monster per each stable warrior shall count as a win. Additional wins will count as a loss for that warrior. 12. It is highly recommended that managers direct RSI to place their team ON TEAM MAINTENANCE for the TW13 duration so that your team will fight (and earn points) even if your submitted new strategies are delayed or don't make it. _____________________________________________________________________ SCORING will be as follows: Team Points a. Fights made: (includes DA fights) 1 = 0 points 2 = 0 points 3 = 1 point 4 = 2 points 5 = 5 points b. Wins earned; 0 = 0 points 1 = 1 point 2 = 2 points 3 = 3 points 4 = 5 points 5 = 10 points c. Down Challenge: (-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule/penalty) d. Team with most wins per round earns 3 additional points (If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins) Alliance Points (Rounds 1-4) a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 3 points c. Alliance with most wins per round = 3 (If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins) Alliance Points (Rounds 5-8) a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 3 points c. Alliance with most wins per round = 7 points (If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins) Alliance Points (Rounds 9-10) a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made) b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 6 points c. Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points (If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins) Team points (from 3 teams) + alliance points = Total Alliance Points. The Alliance with the most points after turn 10 is THE WINNER! ________________________________________________________________________ PRIZES: The Turf War is meant to be a near "winner takes all" contest. Moderators will submit a list of each prize won (by manager) at the completion of the contest. RSI awarded prizes must then be claimed by the manager from RSI Customer Service within 4 months. The team rollups won will be distributed by RSI to the winners shortly after receipt of the prize list from the moderators. Entry Fee Awards: *** Winning alliance gets 80% of the pooled team rollups. *** 2nd place alliance gets 10% of the pooled team rollups. *** Individual Team with most wins in 10 rounds gets 10% of the pooled team rollups RSI awards: Prizes may only be applied to DM47 warriors who participated in TW13. No prize may create an out-of-bounds warrior. Only one max prize may be applied per warrior, so if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same warrior. Prizes must be used within 4 months of the end of TW13. Winning alliance: each manager/team receives: One Limited Damage Bump (bump one level damage) One Stat replace (remove 2 SZ, replace 2 to any single other stat) One Favorite weapon knowledge 2nd place: each manager/team receives: One Favorite weapon knowledge One free stat raise (not SZ) Participation Award (to all teams/managers who fight 46 minimum fights (of 50): 2 skills (both to same warrior) ______________________________________________________________________ Moderators: The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur, the TW13 Triumvirate. 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 one of us below. Oz Master Darque Assur diplo (DM 47): Land of Oz Darque Forces Bash Bros Park Duel2 forum: The Consortium Master Darque Assur email: wfms101@aol.com rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com assurnasir@yahoo.com SPY REPORT Hail and well met warriors of ARKERS! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. Fortune did not smile upon LADIES IN WAITING this time out who this turn suffered a fall into 6th position in the wake of a 0-0-0 round. Warriors--remember that glory waits always around the corner! Witness how this week RAGNAROK N ROLL went 4-1-1 to move up 4 in the rankings. My praise to BLOODY HAND CLAN for their 3-0-1 week this time out. Indeed, it was a skillfully fought round deserving of notice! MOMMA CASKET caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as she skillfully bested JULIANA and was awarded 23 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, AILA STORMBREAKER put down ROMULUS, causing him to lose 12 points of recognition in the process. Not for nothing has ANGELA DEATH in the past laid claim to the Duelmaster's throne, and this week she's proven hers combat skill yet again. Informants "close" to the city champion have told me that he never fights without pantyhose on beneath his armor. Watch out! I have been in deep conclave with my spies who watched all that has recently transpired. Indeed there is much I would report. I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when this week's challenge seeking began. LADIES IN WAITING is feared. This much I can say. Apparently the stalwarts of SMITHSONIAN are catching the bulk of jests down at the challenging board for their large share of the avoids. Loose talk at the arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after STANDING ROOM ONLY. Watch your back! Vendettas. Bloodied blades and broken spears. Indeed the city has seen more than its fair share of red in recent times. I have seen warriors die in youth. I have seen women cut down in their prime. This week TEN TON TOGAS must mourn the loss of 8-3-0 JULIANA to TRIAL BY COMBAT. Fate is a fickle mistress. She showers the miserable with fortune but sets enemies against the victorious. Remember this! A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise manager learn the secrets of them all? More than a sharp eye must I keep, indeed a stout pair of legs must I keep as well! The endless paths of Alastari await me! Till we meet again, remember: a turtle walks slow, hides head in a shell, and harms no one; a lion runs to slay its prey.-- Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ANGELA DEATH 4310 13 11 2 106 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -LISA YAKVIGOR 6010 15 11 1 99 THE CHOSEN (613) STANDING ROOM ONLY 5282 15 12 0 92 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) MOMMA CASKET 4311 11 11 3 92 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) CORRECT CHANGE 5720 11 6 0 92 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023 14 9 3 90 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) AARNS 4622 17 17 3 75 TEN TON TOGAS (536) CAMPTOWN RACES 5999 16 6 0 70 SMITHSONIAN (245) -MISS BEA HAVED 5897 7 4 0 69 LADIES IN WAITING (115) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SIF 6116 10 4 1 66 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) PAX THE YUGE 6008 13 15 1 61 THE CHOSEN (613) BROONY BIG GUT 6054 13 3 0 61 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LUXOR 4619 6 6 0 55 TEN TON TOGAS (536) -FIRST WHISPER 5900 5 0 0 54 CODE NAME III (658) BALDUR 6110 8 1 0 53 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) -MISS OURIE 6049 2 2 0 52 LADIES IN WAITING (115) DEE NILE 6102 3 3 2 49 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) -BREAK DOWN 5618 10 9 0 45 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) COTTON GIN 6037 7 5 1 45 SMITHSONIAN (245) BERTA THE INDOLENT 6051 12 5 0 43 THE CHOSEN (613) AILA STORMBREAKER 6107 4 0 0 42 THE CHOSEN (613) -MISS DIRECTION 6019 5 7 0 41 LADIES IN WAITING (115) -WORKER STRIKE 5751 4 2 0 38 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) SHAMWOW 5913 4 5 0 38 INFOMERCIALS (659) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -MISS APPROPRIATE 6012 6 9 1 33 LADIES IN WAITING (115) -WEN 5910 2 0 1 33 INFOMERCIALS (659) CIVIL WAR 6085 5 2 0 31 SMITHSONIAN (245) ROMULUS 4616 4 1 1 30 TEN TON TOGAS (536) WILD WILD WEST 6103 4 2 1 28 SMITHSONIAN (245) FENRIS 6111 2 1 2 25 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) ALSVID 6117 3 3 1 24 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -NADS 5912 2 2 0 22 INFOMERCIALS (659) -FLEX TAPE 5911 3 0 0 20 INFOMERCIALS (659) -VICIOUS WALKER 5903 2 0 1 19 CODE NAME III (658) MIDGARD SERPENT 6112 2 3 0 18 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) -SNUGGIE 5914 2 3 0 15 INFOMERCIALS (659) -BRUISED VOLCANO 5901 1 2 0 15 CODE NAME III (658) SKAB GUTHACKA 6122 1 0 0 15 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BRAG IRONCHEWA 6123 1 0 1 14 BLOODY HAND CLAN (626) TITILLUS 4617 3 2 0 11 TEN TON TOGAS (536) BALIN THE BEAR 6120 0 2 0 2 THE CHOSEN (613) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? POLITE BEGGAR 0 0 0 FENRIS 6111 482 NONE SHIFTYEYED VOLUN 0 0 0 BRAG IRONCHEWA 6123 482 NONE DELAYED 5640 11 10 1 BB PUBLIC TRANSI 604 MAHTHA RIBKRAKA 6023 481 GRUG 'EDCHEWA 6106 1 1 1 BLOODY HAND CLAN 626 VICIOUS WALKER 5903 480 OREGON TRAIL 6108 1 2 0 SMITHSONIAN 245 BLACK ORC 482 NONE JULIANA 4618 8 3 0 TEN TON TOGAS 536 MOMMA CASKET 4311 482 XIESTRA KOR 6069 4 3 1 THE CHOSEN 613 DEE NILE 6102 478 NOT REVENGED SACRILICIOUS 6011 9 7 0 TRIAL BY COMBAT 512 LISA YAKVIGOR 6010 481 PERSONAL ADS Crip, I got a kick out of Miss Matched DM Column, particularly the "2-Timing Duelmistress of Arkers" part. -- Curator (Chuckling to himself) A salute to Angela Death, Duelmistress of Arkers. (We wonder too, if she is a two- timing lady?) -- Curator Shamwow, what was that? But, I challenged you! Sheesh! -- Cotton Gin Aila, how ever get started out on my journey if you do things like that to me? Come on! -- Oregon Trail Health. Humility. Honor. -- Curator Cotton Gin -- Nice Try! -- Shamwow Since we had a few too many volunteers, the Frost Giant mission is now closed. Those who were not taken will be first considered in the next mission. And thank you! -- Keel Woodhaven LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS OREGON TRAIL was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight. CAMPTOWN RACES was viciously subdued by CORRECT CHANGE in a 2 minute Challenge duel. SIF overpowered DEE NILE in a crowd pleasing 3 minute mismatched Challenge duel. BERTA THE INDOLENT outlasted SHAMWOW in a monotonous 11 minute Challenge fight. COTTON GIN devastated ALSVID in a 1 minute uneven Challenge brawl. ANGELA DEATH defeated AARNS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute veteran's Title struggle. STANDING ROOM ONLY handily defeated PAX THE YUGE in a 2 minute gruesome uneven fight. MOMMA CASKET slaughtered JULIANA in a 1 minute uneven duel. BROONY BIG GUT luckily beat LUXOR in a action packed 8 minute gory duel. ROMULUS was savagely defeated by AILA STORMBREAKER in a 3 minute beginner's match. BALDUR savagely defeated CIVIL WAR in a exciting 4 minute bloody match. WILD WILD WEST handily defeated ARDIVENTI NOBLE in a 1 minute one-sided contest. TITILLUS luckily beat BALIN THE BEAR in a 2 minute bloody novice's brawl. FENRIS easily killed POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute gory uneven fight. MIDGARD SERPENT devastated POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven duel. SKAB GUTHACKA overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute mismatched brawl. BRAG IRONCHEWA butchered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 9 AIMED BLOW 12 - 5 - 0 71 | |LUNGING ATTACK 4 WALL OF STEEL 10 - 7 - 3 59 | |STRIKING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 13 - 10 - 2 57 | |TOTAL PARRY 4 STRIKING ATTACK 14 - 11 - 5 56 | |AIMED BLOW 2 BASHING ATTACK 29 - 23 - 4 56 | |SLASHING ATTACK 1 SLASHING ATTACK 15 - 14 - 0 52 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 TOTAL PARRY 21 - 20 - 0 51 | |PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 - 1 33 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 4 - 0 33 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 3 - 0 0 | Turn 482 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 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 2 WALL OF STEEL LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW BASHING ATTACK 5 - 4 1 STRIKING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 1 TOTAL PARRY TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK ANGELA DEATH 4310 13 11 2 106 TRIAL BY COMBAT (512) AIMED BLOW STANDING ROOM ONLY 5282 15 12 0 92 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) BASHING ATTACK CORRECT CHANGE 5720 11 6 0 92 BB PUBLIC TRANSIT (604) TOTAL PARRY CAMPTOWN RACES 5999 16 6 0 70 SMITHSONIAN (245) WALL OF STEEL SIF 6116 10 4 1 66 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) STRIKING ATTACK BALDUR 6110 8 1 0 53 RAGNAROK N ROLL (671) SLASHING ATTACK COTTON GIN 6037 7 5 1 45 SMITHSONIAN (245) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ANGELA DEATH 4310. The most popular warrior this turn was LUXOR 4619. The ten other most popular fighters were BALDUR 6110, CORRECT CHANGE 5720, DEE NILE 6102, SHAMWOW 5913, SIF 6116, COTTON GIN 6037, ANGELA DEATH 4310, STANDING ROOM ONLY 5282, AILA STORMBREAKER 6107, and WILD WILD WEST 6103. The least popular fighter this week was BERTA THE INDOLENT 6051. The other ten least popular fighters were BROONY BIG GUT 6054, CIVIL WAR 6085, ROMULUS 4616, JULIANA 4618, ALSVID 6117, OREGON TRAIL 6108, BRAG IRONCHEWA 6123, SKAB GUTHACKA 6122, MIDGARD SERPENT 6112, and BALIN THE BEAR 6120.