DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/15/2013 Duedate: 01/28/2013
KOLACT ARENA
DM-10 TURN-708
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
CRAVER
THE MENTORS (242)
(10-5193) [12-1-1,139]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
CRAVER SAUSAGE STUFFING
THE MENTORS (242) TURKEY DAY MASSACRE (571)
(10-5193) [12-1-1,139] (10-6117) [3-1-0,56]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DEIMOON FARR STRAP ON
THE MOONDOGS (97) THE MENTORS' TOY BOX (497)
(10-5985) [15-32-0,77] (10-5254) [9-5-0,106]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
(-1)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. THE MENTORS (242) 76
2. THE MENTORS' TOY BOX (497) 43 THE CLUB (559)
3. ABOMINATION (393) 36 Unchartered Team
4. VIKINGS (34) 16
5. THE MOONDOGS (97) 10TURKEY DAY MASSACRE (571)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*TURKEY DAY MASSACR (571) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 3 VIKINGS (34) 7 6 0
2/ 2 THE CLUB (559) 116 79 3 59.5 2/ 1 JAY-Z (563) 7 6 0
3- 3 LIGHTNING DECK (488) 44 34 4 56.4 3/ 4 THE MOONDOGS (97) 7 8 0
4/ 4 VIKINGS (34) 264 206 16 56.2 4/ 5 ABOMINATION (393) 5 10 0
5/ 0 THE MENTORS (242) 174 139 17 55.6 5/ 2 THE CLUB (559) 4 7 1
6/ 5 BACON MAKIN' (550) 156 131 5 54.4 6/ 0 THE MENTORS (242) 3 2 2
7/ 6 JAY-Z (563) 72 66 5 52.2 7- 6 LIGHTNING DECK (488) 2 0 0
8/ 8 ABOMINATION (393) 305 293 21 51.0 8/ 7*TURKEY DAY MASSACR (571) 2 0 0
9/ 9 THE MOONDOGS (97) 704 920 15 43.3 9/ 0 THE MENTORS' TOY B (497) 2 3 0
10/ 0 THE MENTORS' TOY B (497) 24 39 0 38.1 10/ 9 BACON MAKIN' (550) 0 3 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
You elder fighters surely remember me. The younger ones may call me Olaf
Modeen. I return to KOLACT once again! What's with REPENTANCE? He actually beat
THE MOONDOGS' MONETTE, and walked away with 19 more points from the fight. Laughs
were big at THE MOONDOGS while they watched DARK MOON DOWN clobber HREIDMAR THE RED.
He lost 12 points and got bruised from objects thrown from the stands. Ya gotta
watch yerself all the time. Even being on top don't mean yer safe. I'd have JIGGA
agree with me, but CRAVER killed him. I suppose you want to hear some rumors and
dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough!
Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges... The most avoided team
was ABOMINATION. Management must be dealin', as the boys at VIKINGS ain't reelin'!
ABOMINATION's mad! What do people see in FROST/NIXON? His 24-22-0? BACON MAKIN'
ain't talkin', but he's got 94 points.
A fighter's lot is filled with strife, revenge, and killing. Some fighters
don't accept this. The best do. Hmm... More surprises must remain in store for me,
if GUIDO can return from the Dark Arena. Here's some advice: study your opponent,
master many skills, fight dirty.
Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors. Any plans here? The
end of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Time for my
medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CRAVER 5193 12 1 1 139 THE MENTORS (242)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JAGABORG 5925 14 3 0 109 VIKINGS (34)
CIRIC 970 23 24 2 106 VIKINGS (34)
STRAP ON 5254 9 5 0 106 THE MENTORS' TOY BOX (497)
-ELECTRABUZZ 5242 12 4 2 99 LIGHTNING DECK (488)
EL PRESIDENTE 6016 18 18 2 95 JAY-Z (563)
FROST/NIXON 5970 24 22 0 94 BACON MAKIN' (550)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HUMAN CENTIPEDE 6027 17 18 2 83 ABOMINATION (393)
DEIMOON FARR 5985 15 32 0 77 THE MOONDOGS (97)
VENUS 4103 11 8 1 77 THE MENTORS (242)
-PIKACHU 5176 10 5 1 70 LIGHTNING DECK (488)
H TO THE IZZO 6015 10 16 0 68 JAY-Z (563)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NIKKITA 5261 6 8 0 58 THE MENTORS' TOY BOX (497)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GUIDO 5316 4 1 1 56 THE MENTORS (242)
SAUSAGE STUFFING 6117 3 1 0 56 TURKEY DAY MASSACRE (571)
HOVA 6013 6 3 0 54 JAY-Z (563)
-VINNIE 6128 6 1 0 51 THE CLUB (559)
DARK MOON DOWN 6124 6 7 0 39 THE MOONDOGS (97)
MORE MONN 6111 8 7 1 38 ABOMINATION (393)
MUZLYMB XTRMIST 6102 8 8 0 36 ABOMINATION (393)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CERISA BRIGHT 6100 5 11 0 32 THE MOONDOGS (97)
-VOLTEON 5587 4 0 0 25 LIGHTNING DECK (488)
HREIDMAR THE RED 6148 3 1 0 25 VIKINGS (34)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HASTIGHET 6092 3 5 0 20 VIKINGS (34)
2012 6150 2 2 0 19 ABOMINATION (393)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
REPENTANCE 5373 1 0 0 19 THE MENTORS (242)
JUNIOR 6153 3 1 0 18 THE CLUB (559)
MOONEYE 6139 4 2 0 14 THE MOONDOGS (97)
-STOR ULREN 6112 1 1 0 8 VIKINGS (34)
MONETTE 6161 2 1 0 7 THE MOONDOGS (97)
BABY FACE 6159 0 3 0 3 THE CLUB (559)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DA44 6166 0 1 0 ABOMINATION 393 BLACK ORC 708 NONE
HIGH ELF 0 0 0 DARK ARENA GUIDO 5316 708 NONE
DA1 6167 0 1 0 JAY-Z 563 BLACK ORC 708 NONE
JIGGA 6014 17 16 2 JAY-Z 563 CRAVER 5193 708
GOON 6165 0 1 0 THE CLUB 559 SHEWISH GIANT 708 NONE
LENT 5360 0 1 0 THE MENTORS 242 SHEWISH GIANT 708 NONE
CHEWY 5363 0 1 0 THE MENTORS' TOY 497 MOUNTAIN TROLL 708 NONE
GUM 5361 0 1 0 THE MENTORS' TOY 497 HIGH ELF 708 NONE
WOOKIE 5362 0 1 0 THE MENTORS' TOY 497 BLACK ORC 708 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Hot Flash! The Face-to-Face Tourney will be in the 18th, 19th, and 20th of this
month. Get your strategies in by the 17th, please and thank you.
Our congratulations to Jigga. -- Jorja and the Moondogs
Hreidmar the Silent -- Okay, good fight. For you. I didn't care for it much, but it
beats having no job, eating out of trash cans, and living under a bridge. -- Cerisa
Bright
Baby Face -- I dunno, if *I* had a baby that looked like that, I'd make him wear a
mask. -- Monette
El Presidente -- Oh. I thought you'd be an abomination. And you are, really. --
Deimoon Farr
Hastighet -- Humility is a fine thing, and I hope you will cherish it. -- Dark Moon
Down
2012 -- Yeah. Damn. But... I survived it, and it IS a victory! -- Mooneye
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
GUIDO butchered HIGH ELF in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
CHEWY was unbelievably slain by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DA1 was savagely slain by BLACK ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
GOON was assassinated by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA44 was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena competition.
WOOKIE was dispatched by BLACK ORC in a crowd pleasing 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
LENT was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute Dark Arena competition.
GUM was slain by HIGH ELF in a action packed 1 minute Dark Arena melee.
CIRIC vanquished FROST/NIXON in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven Challenge duel.
JUNIOR lost to CERISA BRIGHT in a 2 minute novice vs. veteran Challenge fight.
BABY FACE was handily defeated by HASTIGHET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
JIGGA was killed by CRAVER in a 1 minute bloody Title match.
STRAP ON viciously subdued EL PRESIDENTE in a exciting 1 minute veteran's contest.
JAGABORG overpowered VENUS in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
HUMAN CENTIPEDE overpowered DEIMOON FARR in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
H TO THE IZZO was viciously subdued by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 3 minute expert's duel.
MORE MONN was devastated by NIKKITA in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
HOVA overpowered MUZLYMB XTRMIST in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
HREIDMAR THE RED was beaten by DARK MOON DOWN in a 2 minute novice vs. veteran bout.
SAUSAGE STUFFING viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute bloody competition.
MOONEYE was beaten by 2012 in a 2 minute fight.
MONETTE was vanquished by REPENTANCE in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 4 - 1 73 |
|WALL OF STEEL 5 SLASHING ATTACK 12 - 6 - 0 67 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 5 - 0 58 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 AIMED BLOW 12 - 10 - 0 55 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 STRIKING ATTACK 22 - 22 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 3 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 22 - 3 48 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 17 - 19 - 0 47 |
|AIMED BLOW 2 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 23 - 3 36 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 8 - 0 27 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 9 - 0 10 |
Turn 708 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-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 3 3 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 5 2 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 3 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 4 1 TOTAL PARRY
AIMED BLOW 0 - 2 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK CRAVER 5193 12 1 1 139 THE MENTORS (242)
STRIKING ATTACK JAGABORG 5925 14 3 0 109 VIKINGS (34)
SLASHING ATTACK STRAP ON 5254 9 5 0 106 THE MENTORS' TOY BOX (497)
TOTAL PARRY FROST/NIXON 5970 24 22 0 94 BACON MAKIN' (550)
PARRY-STRIKE VENUS 4103 11 8 1 77 THE MENTORS (242)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DEIMOON FARR 5985. The most popular warrior this
turn was STRAP ON 5254. The ten other most popular fighters were DARK MOON DOWN
6124, CHEWY 5363, DA1 6167, CIRIC 970, CERISA BRIGHT 6100, JAGABORG 5925, HUMAN
CENTIPEDE 6027, H TO THE IZZO 6015, NIKKITA 5261, and SAUSAGE STUFFING 6117.
The least popular fighter this week was MUZLYMB XTRMIST 6102. The other ten least
popular fighters were MORE MONN 6111, DEIMOON FARR 5985, VENUS 4103, BABY FACE 6159,
LENT 5360, DA44 6166, GOON 6165, MONETTE 6161, EL PRESIDENTE 6016, and HASTIGHET
6092.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
JIGGA (10-6014) JAY-Z (563)
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