DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 09/10/2024    Duedate: 09/23/2024

KOLACT ARENA

DM 10    TURN 1009

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

LIZZIE
ROGUES GALLERY (226)
(10-7603) [9-6-2,101]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

LIZZIE                         BLUE MOON
ROGUES GALLERY (226)           NEON DIAMONDS (661)
(10-7603) [9-6-2,101]          (10-7636) [6-1-0,66]

Popularity Leader              This Week's Favorite

CLAUDIA                        INVOLUTE
THE MOONDOGS (97)              THIRSTY THUGS (374)
(10-7002) [18-13-0,67]         (10-7532) [4-0-0,33]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NEON DIAMONDS (661)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. NEON DIAMONDS (661)           18 
2. COVEY II (662)                16    THIRSTY THUGS (374)
3. THIRSTY THUGS (374)           13    Unchartered Team
4. ROGUES GALLERY (226)          5  
5. THE MOONDOGS (97)             4     NEON DIAMONDS (661)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 3*NEON DIAMONDS (661)       21  14  1 60.0   1/ 1*NEON DIAMONDS (661)       9  3 1
 2/ 4 THIRSTY THUGS (374)      305 258 11 54.2   2/ 3 SERPENTS HOLD 10519 (620) 5  3 1
 3- 5 CAPRICORNUS (649)          9   8  1 52.9   3/ 6 THIRSTY THUGS (374)       4  0 0
 4/ 6 ROGUES GALLERY (226)     102  95 10 51.8   4/ 2 ROGUES GALLERY (226)      3  3 0
 5/ 7 SERPENTS HOLD 10519 (620) 64  75  2 46.0   5- 7 CAPRICORNUS (649)         2  0 1
 6/ 8 THE MOONDOGS (97)        851 1081 19 44.0   6/ 5 THE MOONDOGS (97)         2 11 0
 7/ 0*COVEY II (662)             0   2  0  0.0   7/ 0*COVEY II (662)            0  2 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Well, what are you looking at, KOLACT?  Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens 
before?  Ah, shaddup and listen to my news.  THIRSTY THUGS turned their 2-0-0 turn 
into a 3rd place rank in the listings this turn.  Any better than this, and you get 
put on hit lists.  Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see BELLY win a fight 
and gain 16 points, terribly.  Tsk, tsk, BLUE MOON beat GREEN RIPPER and GREEN RIPPER 
lost 13 points.  You're breakin' my heart.  LIZZIE challenged KOLACT's Duelmaster for 
a shot at the throne.  And it's out with the old, in with the new, as LIZZIE takes 
the Title and last week's bar tab from the old Duelmaster.  Heh, heh.  Don 
Corleone's, humph!  I've tasted better ale at mortuaries.  Where do they get this 
stuff?  From KOLACT's trash dumps?   
     He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day, the coward.  NEON 
DIAMONDS, 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 ROGUES GALLERY.  Ha ha ha ha!  
CLAUDIA was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster.  Now was the DM 
insulted or feared?  Heh, heh.   
     Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals.  I volunteer for KOLACT's 
morgue.  More variety.  Not that I'll be buying the drinks, but I'll be glad to see 
LIZZIE and ROGUES GALLERY at Don Corleone's tonight celebrating their bloodfeud 
victory over STING.  Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is 
developing these kinds of weapons?   
     There's got to be a better place in KOLACT to get a drink than Don Corleone's!  
Any suggestions?  Phlllt!  Just had to do that before I leave the fine city of 
KOLACT.  I feel much better now.  Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide Clemens  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LIZZIE 7603                   9   6  2 101         ROGUES GALLERY (226)      

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PRIMA GIEDI 7495              8   4  1  82         CAPRICORNUS (649)         
 CLAUDIA 7002                 18  13  0  67         THE MOONDOGS (97)         

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BLUE MOON 7636                6   1  0  66         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GREEN RIPPER 7630             6   3  1  50         ROGUES GALLERY (226)      
 RATTLER 7364                  5   3  0  42         SERPENTS HOLD 10519 (620) 
 PUDGE 7643                    4   3  0  42         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 BAMBINO 7633                  6   3  0  40         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       
 FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642          4   1  1  40         NEON DIAMONDS (661)       

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 INVOLUTE 7532                 4   0  0  33         THIRSTY THUGS (374)       
-NASHIRA 7618                  1   1  0  33         CAPRICORNUS (649)         
 SELENA 7020                   5  16  0  31         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
 NVIDIOUS 7530                 2   1  0  31         THIRSTY THUGS (374)       
 ECLIPSE 7102                  6   7  0  25         THE MOONDOGS (97)         

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BIG ROCK 7076                 3  12  0  21         THE MOONDOGS (97)         
 BELLY 7649                    1   0  0  16         SERPENTS HOLD 10519 (620) 
-BREUSE SANS PITE 7640         1   1  0   8         ROGUES GALLERY (226)      

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
DA1 7650                0  1 0 COVEY II 662         ARENAMASTER FILI      1009 NONE
DA2 7653                0  1 0 COVEY II 662         STONE GOLEM           1009 NONE
SLITHER 7179           13 14 0 SERPENTS HOLD 10 620 PRIMA GIEDI 7495      1007  
HOWLER 7641             1  5 0 THE MOONDOGS 97      FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642  1007  

                                     PERSONAL ADS

               *official TURF WAR 14 (TW14) RULES* (revision 9-6-24-WS)

         Starting Turn 480 (Feb 10, appx date), just after the FTF, 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 the three team alliance.
   (3 Team names, 3 manager names, and an alliance title)

2. Pay RSI or deduct from account ($15) per manager as entry fee indicating for TW14. 
   (a change from past TWs). RSI will hold as "certs" in a separate account for TW14 
   and distribute as Team RUs to winners of TW14. 
   DO NOT send, or have sent, certs to the Moderators. 
   Must be completed prior to Dec 31, 2024.

3. Teams and alliances will not start scoring until the turn after they appear in the 
   newsletter and are announced. This means that to start scoring on turn 1, the teams 
   must be listed in the newsletter on Turn 479.

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/demanded 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 to the actual scoring/participation start on T480 (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 
   could 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 teams' 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 5-Team 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 is defined as a warrior challenging 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 A, you must end the Turf War with Team A.

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 your team ON 
   MAINTENANCE for the TW14 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 for Fights:

Team Points

  a. Wins earned: 
          0 = -1 points
          1 = +1 point
          2 = +2 points
          3 = +4 points
          4 = +6 points
          5 = =8 points

  b. Down Challenge = (-10) points to the challenger and opponent is credited with a 
     win for point scoring. The DM is exempt from DC rule/penalty.

  c. Four teams will score. The lowest scoring team per round will count duplicate as 
     the 4th team.

  d. Team with most wins per round earns 3 additional points; if ties, no points 
     awarded; no tiebreaker on wins.

Alliance Points

  a. If the three-team alliance fights all 15 fights = 5 Points

     Team points (from 3 teams plus the duplicate) + alliance points = Total Alliance 
     Points(TAP) for the round.

Round Modifier:

  a. Round Modifiers (Multiplier times TAP(Total Alliance Points
     Rounds 1-4 = 1.0; rounds 5-8 = 2.0; rounds 9 and 10 = 3.0.

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 each 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 may only be applied to DM47 warriors who fought in TW14. These prizes 
cannot create an out-of-bounds warrior, and only one prize may be applied to any 
warrior, meaning that if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same 
warrior. All prizes must be used within 4 months. 

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 
  ** One +1 base skill potion.

2nd place: Each manager/team receives:

  ** One Favorite weapon knowledge 
  ** One free stat raise (not SZ)

Participation Award: 

  *** to all teams/managers who fight 45 to 47 fights (of 50) = 1 base skill potion
  *** if 48+ fights (of 50) = 2 base skill potions (each to a different warrior)

        ______________________________________________________________________

Moderators:

The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur, the TW 
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 Land of Oz or Darque Forces or Bash Bros Park via diplo in DM 47. Managers with 
internet access may send a private message to [The Consortium] or [Master Darque] or 
[Assur] on the Duel2 Forums. Lastly, you may also email questions, comments, and 
scoring disputes to jawastomp@gmail.com or wfms101@aol.com or assurnasir@yahoo.com.

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

DA2 was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was butchered by ARENAMASTER FILIARIL in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
LIZZIE overcame STING in a 2 minute veteran's Bloodfeud Title match.
CLAUDIA won victory over PUDGE in a popular 1 minute mismatched brawl.
GREEN RIPPER was overpowered by BLUE MOON in a 1 minute mismatched match.
FLYING DUTCHMAN was bested by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute novice vs. master duel.
ECLIPSE was overpowered by BAMBINO in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
RATTLER overpowered SELENA in a 1 minute uneven melee.
INVOLUTE won victory over BIG ROCK in a 2 minute duel.
NVIDIOUS vanquished EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute uneven fight.
BELLY vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 2 minute one-sided fight.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY        7 -   2 -  0      78  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  4         AIMED BLOW        14 -   5 -  0      74  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   3 -  0      73  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         SLASHING ATTACK   17 -  12 -  1      59  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         LUNGING ATTACK    22 -  16 -  3      58  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         BASHING ATTACK     5 -   4 -  0      56  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-STRIKE       4 -   4 -  1      50  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK   15 -  23 -  1      39  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-LUNGE        1 -   5 -  0      17  |

Turn 1009 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     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  2         3  LUNGING ATTACK 
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  3         2  STRIKING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL      1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK     2 -  2     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         1  BASHING ATTACK 
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
WALL OF STEEL    LIZZIE 7603                 9   6  2  101 ROGUES GALLERY (226)
STRIKING ATTACK  CLAUDIA 7002               18  13  0   67 THE MOONDOGS (97)
SLASHING ATTACK  BLUE MOON 7636              6   1  0   66 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
LUNGING ATTACK   RATTLER 7364                5   3  0   42 SERPENTS HOLD 10519 (620)
BASHING ATTACK   PUDGE 7643                  4   3  0   42 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
AIMED BLOW       BAMBINO 7633                6   3  0   40 NEON DIAMONDS (661)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is CLAUDIA 7002.  The most popular warrior this turn 
was INVOLUTE 7532.  The ten other most popular fighters were LIZZIE 7603, CLAUDIA 
7002, RATTLER 7364, BIG ROCK 7076, BELLY 7649, BLUE MOON 7636, BAMBINO 7633, NVIDIOUS 
7530, PUDGE 7643, and FLYING DUTCHMAN 7642.

The least popular fighter this week was SELENA 7020.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were ECLIPSE 7102, GREEN RIPPER 7630, DA1 7650, DA2 7653, FLYING DUTCHMAN 
7642, PUDGE 7643, NVIDIOUS 7530, BAMBINO 7633, BLUE MOON 7636, and BELLY 7649.

The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:

STING (10-7107) SERPENTS HOLD 10519 (620)