DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/14/2013 Duedate: 01/26/2013
TOBIR ARENA
DM-14 TURN-715
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ANYA
ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
(14-4829) [8-3-0,98]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ANYA JEX
ZOMBIE SQUAD (478) ORDER (487)
(14-4829) [8-3-0,98] (14-4848) [2-1-0,23]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LASSO HARRY MUTT
THE DOGHOUSE (188) THE DOGHOUSE (188)
(14-4668) [14-47-2,91] (14-4693) [17-30-0,87]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ZOMBIE SQUAD (478) 34
2. THE DEATH SQUAD (63) 28 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
3. THE DOGHOUSE (188) 25 Unchartered Team
4. ORDER (487) 7
5. WU-TANG FOREVER (479) -8 ORDER (487)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478) 65 32 1 67.0 1/ 2 THE DEATH SQUAD (63) 10 5 0
2/ 4*ORDER (487) 2 1 0 66.7 2/ 1 WU-TANG FOREVER (479) 6 5 0
3/ 2 THE DEATH SQUAD (63) 718 526 40 57.7 3/ 4 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478) 4 2 0
4/ 3 WU-TANG FOREVER (479) 61 52 4 54.0 4/ 3 THE DOGHOUSE (188) 4 11 0
5/ 5 THE DOGHOUSE (188) 798 938 14 46.0 5/ 5*ORDER (487) 2 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
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---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 356): PORT-A-FORTRESS of THE CHOSEN (?, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 715): REPRESENT of ILLMATIC (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 714): MARIA of WU-TANG FOREVER (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 699): MEDAN QUIZZAR of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 702): WHAT? of TRIBE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 698): FLAT TIRE of BAS BROS CAR (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 695): SCALES of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 696): PANAMA JACK of ALL JACKED UP (Pat Sajak, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 660): MENDAL KORDIN of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 657): DANCING SHADOW of WANDERERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 648): UNCLE JUNIOR of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 304): GLOATING GARDINIA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 542): GYPSY JUNE of WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 258): HALIFAX of BOMBS AWAY (Crip, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 600): KHRISTOPHER of WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 8 ARKERS (turn 356): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 715): WRATHMEN DM 20 (Kharadmon, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 714): WU-TANG FOREVER (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 22 SOLVEN (turn 699): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 24 ZORPUNT (turn 702): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 698): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 26 CALEAM (turn 695): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 696): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 660): BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 41 KATI-TEI (turn 657): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
DM 46 ARDIVENT (turn 648): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 304): BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 542): WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 71 KYR'TERR (turn 258): THE ZOO (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 600): SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 11 ARUAK CITY (turn 715): GREEN WITH ENVY of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater)
(turn 714): YELLOW BELLY of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
DM 14 TOBIR (turn 713): REUNITED of WU-TANG FOREVER (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 25 LYRATILAN (turn 698): FLAT TIRE of BAS BROS CAR (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 30 IAYE (turn 695): SENATOR SMITH of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
DM 40 ZENSU (turn 660): MENDAL KORDIN of BEYOND THE PALE (Jorja, mgr.)
(turn 659): PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM of ADVENTURE TIME 2 (The Muffin Man)
DM 52 FRATSFA (turn 303): JASMIN of JADE WARRIORS (Brandon Massingale, mgr.)
LI KUI of WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.)
DM 63 AMEN-TEI (turn 541): KUNG PAO KOLACTAN of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit)
SPY REPORT
I can't believe the violence in TOBIR! I still haven't told Mom I'm writing
Spyreports. She'd have a cow! Well, here we go... Too bad, WU-TANG FOREVER, but
THE DEATH SQUAD was just too good to be stopped. MVP award for THE LITTLE PUP? THE
DOGHOUSE's proud of him after beating KUNG-FU MASTER and getting 17 points. Talk
about yer big time losers! VORTEX got smashed by HARRY MUTT, and lost 5 points! And
I was just getting used to the ex-Duelmaster's habit of...(!) Oh well, welcome ANYA.
Aren't ZOMBIE SQUAD proud. (Oh, my.) Who was the wiseguy that said TOBIR's
Duelmaster was paying for drinks at The Victory Tavern? Don't look at me!
AAARRGH!!! I HATE SPYREPORTING!!! Sorry. I just had to say it. Like, is
FEATHERS popular, or what? He was challenged the most in all of TOBIR! He's got a
0-5-0, is that good? Some fights are really unfair. How do you think A DOG FOR
TODAY feels about being challenged by SIDEWINDER, 18 points above him? I was sorry
to see such an unfair "fight" in TOBIR. SIDEWINDER got 5 points after beating A DOG
FOR TODAY, 18 points below him. BROWN WIDOW must not be a good enough fighter to get
in fair fights. She challenged WU-REVOLUTION. 10 is a big difference. (Well,
that's what they tell me.) I thought BROWN WIDOW showed great skill and promise when
she subdued WU-REVOLUTION. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Challenges, revenges, Bloodfeuds. All TOBIR ever talks about is fighting! Me,
I'm more laid back. What if they had a fight and nobody showed up? I'd be out of a
job, that's what!!!
I really didn't, you know, study when I was a kid. Who would've guessed I'd be
a famous Spyreporter? I'm getting tired of writing this stuff, so I'm calling it
quits. Its been really albendranius! Later, guys-- Debby Tonte
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ANYA 4829 8 3 0 98 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SPIKE 4764 10 1 0 123 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
-ZANDER 4759 10 5 1 105 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
LARGE MARGE 4868 8 5 0 97 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
LASSO 4668 14 47 2 91 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HARRY MUTT 4693 17 30 0 87 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
MARIA 4770 19 16 0 85 WU-TANG FOREVER (479)
THE LITTLE PUP 4775 13 21 0 74 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SEVERE PUNISHMENT 4774 3 2 0 64 WU-TANG FOREVER (479)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
VORTEX 4846 10 9 0 52 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
-WILLOW 4754 5 2 0 48 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
BROWN WIDOW 4875 6 2 0 39 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
SIDEWINDER 4876 6 2 0 38 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JEX 4848 2 1 0 23 ORDER (487)
WU-REVOLUTION 4812 3 1 0 20 WU-TANG FOREVER (479)
MAN MOUNTAIN 4879 4 1 0 16 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
JILES 4885 1 0 0 15 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
A DOG FOR TODAY 4877 2 6 0 12 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
FEATHERS 4881 0 5 0 5 THE DOGHOUSE (188)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DA1 4886 0 1 0 WU-TANG FOREVER 479 BANDIT PRINCE 715 NONE
DA2 4887 0 1 0 WU-TANG FOREVER 479 STONE GOLEM 715 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.
Large Marge -- I didn't MEAN to knock you down, I was just, you know, enthusiastic.
There was no need to beat me up over it. -- Harry Mutt
Brown Widow -- Listen, *I* am the Dog here, despite what the Commission says. That
means *I* do the biting. -- Feathers
Sidewinder -- Snakes. I don't like snakes. -- A Dog for Today
Reunited -- Well, at least you're LEAVING. -- Lasso the Disgruntled
Severe Punishment? But it was just ONE shoe! -- The Little Pup
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DA2 was barely slain by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena fight.
DA1 was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
LARGE MARGE demolished LASSO in a popular 1 minute gruesome one-sided Challenge melee.
SIDEWINDER devastated A DOG FOR TODAY in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
BROWN WIDOW overpowered WU-REVOLUTION in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
MAN MOUNTAIN bested FEATHERS in a 4 minute novice's Challenge duel.
MARIA was bested by ANYA in a 2 minute mismatched Title match.
HARRY MUTT handily defeated VORTEX in a action packed 2 minute gruesome uneven fight.
THE LITTLE PUP vanquished KUNG-FU MASTER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
JEX vanquished SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
JILES defeated TRUSTWORTHY SCRIBE in a 2 minute beginner's match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 3 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 2 - 0 75 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 20 - 12 - 1 63 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 15 - 10 - 1 60 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 TOTAL PARRY 5 - 4 - 0 56 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 11 - 0 39 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 LUNGING ATTACK 8 - 15 - 0 35 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 - 0 0 |
Turn 715 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 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 2 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 AIMED BLOW
LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 WALL OF STEEL
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
AIMED BLOW ANYA 4829 8 3 0 98 ZOMBIE SQUAD (478)
STRIKING ATTACK LARGE MARGE 4868 8 5 0 97 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
PARRY-LUNGE MARIA 4770 19 16 0 85 WU-TANG FOREVER (479)
WALL OF STEEL VORTEX 4846 10 9 0 52 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
PARRY-STRIKE SIDEWINDER 4876 6 2 0 38 THE DEATH SQUAD (63)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LASSO 4668. The most popular warrior this turn was
HARRY MUTT 4693. The ten other most popular fighters were ANYA 4829, LARGE MARGE
4868, FEATHERS 4881, DA2 4887, BROWN WIDOW 4875, THE LITTLE PUP 4775, JEX 4848, JILES
4885, LASSO 4668, and SIDEWINDER 4876.
The least popular fighter this week was MAN MOUNTAIN 4879. The other ten least
popular fighters were WU-REVOLUTION 4812, A DOG FOR TODAY 4877, DA1 4886, VORTEX
4846, MARIA 4770, SIDEWINDER 4876, LASSO 4668, JILES 4885, JEX 4848, and THE LITTLE
PUP 4775.
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