DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 09/18/2020 Duedate: 10/15/2020
MORYA ARENA
DM-28 TURN-453
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK
OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
(28-5587) [13-4-0,131]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK YELLOW JACKET
OTTO'S MECHANICS (226) HIVE (595)
(28-5587) [13-4-0,131] (28-5806) [2-0-0,25]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
LUCKY LOOIE STORM WARNING
DODGE BULLETS (126) DODGE BULLETS (126)
(28-5022) [19-27-1,112] (28-5033) [15-29-0,81]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
BIG LAKE PURE (568)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BIG LAKE PURE (568) 30
2. BASH BROS BODY (541) 24 BASH BROS BODY (541)
3. HIVE (595) 22 Unchartered Team
4. DODGE BULLETS (126) 17
5. LUNAE MILITES (387) 16 HIVE (595)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*HIVE (595) 7 4 0 63.6 1/ 1 BIG LAKE PURE (568) 12 2 1
2/ 2 BASH BROS BODY (541) 197 137 5 59.0 2/ 4 DODGE BULLETS (126) 8 7 0
3/ 3 BIG LAKE PURE (568) 197 181 21 52.1 3/ 6*HIVE (595) 7 4 0
4/ 5 LUNAE MILITES (387) 130 125 9 51.0 4/ 2 LUNAE MILITES (387) 7 8 0
5/ 4 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226) 314 303 20 50.9 5/ 3 BASH BROS BODY (541) 6 6 0
6/ 6 DODGE BULLETS (126) 576 608 18 48.6 6/ 5 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226) 5 10 1
7- 8*BARN YARD (594) 6 17 0 26.1 7- 8*BARN YARD (594) 1 7 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
Let's see, I win, defending the throne from some guy who can only beat me once in a
blue moon, but everyone else on the team loses, so I don't feel terribly optimistic
about stopping our losing tendencies at the moment. In fact, our only brightly shining
light was Hal O'Gen, who couldn't win, but was declared the turns most popular
warrior.
For those that care, this will be my last turn here for a while, as the boss has
declared that I'm well set up for a particular tournament class, even though I have
some unfortunately terrible base ratings. We'll see how it goes.....
-- Anne T Loch-Braek
2-Timing Duelmaster of Morya
SPY REPORT
Thankyouthankyou. It's great for me, The Unknown Spymaster to be back in MORYA.
Hope you enjoy the show. Oh, who am I kidding? I already got paid! Coming up with
a solid 3-2-0 outing, HIVE has advanced 3 places in the rankings. Hey everybody,
watch out for FATIGUE, who flew up 26 points in the rankings after mashing BLUE MOON
like a melon. Keep your eye on this guy. And falling like a basher in the top ten
was BLUE MOON, who dropped 21 points after a disappointing (to say the least) bout
with FATIGUE. Well here's a duelmaster that doesn't sit back and say 'Challenge me'!
ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK made a challenge against ANDERS SLOWEYE this week. Going for the
gusto and coming up with aught but bloody knuckles was BIG LAKE PURE's ANDERS
SLOWEYE, who was turned away from the Duelmastership by ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK. An apple
a day keeps the doctor away, but an onion a day keeps T.P.s at bay.
But enough of that bunch, let's get on to the wimps who like to avoid battle!
Did you hear that BIG LAKE PURE was most avoided team this week? Well, knowing the
personal hygiene of BIG LAKE PURE's warriors, I'm not surprised! And you guys like
to boo me? Well, unsling your rasberries, cause OTTO'S MECHANICS beats feet every
time BIG LAKE PURE smiles at them. Try farming, eh? Well dang howdy, but if
challenges were votes, LUCKY LOOIE would be president. Although it may be a contest
he doesn't want to win. Was it guts or an overtaxed mental capacity that had CAL
LIPPER challenge up 27 points in the rankings to take on RATUNDO? A Carrion Bird
Sellout: CAL LIPPER 5-9-1 fights RATUNDO 9-5-1. (BYOB) In a touching display by a
'touched' warrior, THE VIBE went after LATELY STONE, who was higher by 19 points.
Well, when the dust settled, THE VIBE won victory over LATELY STONE.
Being a spy is great--other people die and you spend the rest of the day
drinking to their memory. Better tanked than dead! Knowing when to use the right
tactics at the proper time is a very important step on the road to Duelmaster.
Well, that wasn't too bad; Alarond told me that the people in MORYA have no
sense of humor. Or maybe that they were senseless. Well, there goes another Spy
Report. Good luck in next week's fights. See ya next time I'm on this circuit!--
The Unknown Spymaster
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK 5587 13 4 0 131 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LUCKY LOOIE 5022 19 27 1 112 DODGE BULLETS (126)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FATIGUE 5775 8 1 0 90 BASH BROS BODY (541)
ANDERS SLOWEYE 5740 16 15 3 88 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
ACNE 5722 18 9 1 82 BASH BROS BODY (541)
STORM WARNING 5033 15 29 0 81 DODGE BULLETS (126)
BLUE MOON 4373 14 8 1 69 LUNAE MILITES (387)
RATUNDO 5768 9 5 1 69 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AXLE FOLEY 5061 11 27 0 66 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HAL O'GEN 5711 7 8 0 56 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
MYRON MEI 5081 13 15 0 54 DODGE BULLETS (126)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE VIBE 5781 3 0 0 47 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
REALITY STIMULATION 5754 11 9 0 45 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
CAL LIPPER 5710 5 9 1 39 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DALE AUTRY 5784 5 3 0 33 DODGE BULLETS (126)
LATELY STONE 5769 7 6 1 28 DODGE BULLETS (126)
MOONDUST 5638 4 3 0 27 LUNAE MILITES (387)
KEITH MOON 5809 2 1 0 26 LUNAE MILITES (387)
HARVEST MOON 5618 6 2 1 25 LUNAE MILITES (387)
YELLOW JACKET 5806 2 0 0 25 HIVE (595)
-SHEEP 5798 1 4 0 25 BARN YARD (594)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PULLED MUSCLE 5763 4 5 0 23 BASH BROS BODY (541)
ROSE PURITY 5808 2 0 1 16 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
DIRT DAUBER 5803 2 0 0 15 HIVE (595)
KILLER BEE 5804 1 1 0 15 HIVE (595)
BUMBLE 5805 2 1 0 14 HIVE (595)
-CHICKEN 5795 2 3 0 9 BARN YARD (594)
-COW 5797 2 3 0 9 BARN YARD (594)
STRETCH MARKS 5783 1 1 0 8 BASH BROS BODY (541)
JIMMY THE LOCK 5810 1 2 1 6 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
-HOWARDDUCK 5811 0 1 0 1 BARN YARD (594)
MOONFISH 5815 0 1 0 1 LUNAE MILITES (387)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DUCK 5799 1 2 0 BARN YARD 594 HARVEST MOON 5618 450 REVENGED
BACK PAIN 5812 0 1 0 BASH BROS BODY 541 ARENAMASTER NOR 453 NONE
BLACK HORNET 5807 0 2 0 HIVE 595 ROSE PURITY 5808 453
PERSONAL ADS
TURF WAR XII -- TW12 (Rev 8-8-20)
(Start turn after FTF or Mailer JAN 2021)
Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47)
TURF WARS is a team event and unlike all other events in D2, involves "certs."
Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, thrown-together alliances, or
temporary alliances created solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each
alliance or participant must:
1. Announce an Alliance Name, Captain, and Assistant of the alliance in the North
Fork (DM 47) newsletter or on the RSI site.
2. Determine and submit either 1 or 2 or 3 certificates per participant. Amounts can
be different per alliance participant. (See Scoring section for more details.)
3. Each participating team must run in DM47 on one of the three turns prior to the
start of TW12 so that the team shows in the last newsletter prior to the 1st TW12
turn.
At the end of the game, Captains are responsible for distributing any winning
certificates to the team participants.
No alliance scores can be tabulated until the chosen amount of RSI Gift Certificates
are received, the teams are listed in the newsletter, and participant indication and
captain confirmation are posted in the North Fork newsletter.
All entry certs should be sent to Oz or The Consortium via RSI.
Only one (1) team per player/manager may compete in the Turf Wars, and only one team
per player/manager may compete in North Fork DM47 during the Turf War. No arena
multiple teams or aliases will be allowed. 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). NOTE: Since alliances require two teams, this would mean the remaining
alliance member cannot score in the TW.
Any Turf War team must show/be posted/listed in the DM47 Newsletter just prior to
their actual scoring/participation. (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.) Manager/teams may not participate/score in the
Turf War the same turn they are first posted in the newsletter. (So get your team in
the newsletter early.) Teams do not have to run that turn prior to TW12-T1, but will
have had to run shortly before to allow their warriors to be visible in the newsletter
just prior to TW12-T1.
Scoring will NOT be retroactive for teams/alliances that do not properly declare or
get captain confirmation or fail to send a Gift Certificate by Turn 1. In other
words, if your Gift Certificate is not received until Turn 3 of the Turf War, and you
have fought on Turns 1 and 2, your score will not begin until Turn 3. All conditions
must be met before scoring will begin: declaration, confirmation, NL listing, and Gift
Certificate received.
No declarations or confirmations will be accepted after Turn 2 of the Turf War. For
purposes of scoring, 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.)
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 -25 points.)
SCORING will be as follows: Only three things affect scoring. Number of initial certs
submitted, wins, fighting all five warriors, and the round modifier. (Later rounds
have higher modifiers.)
NUMBER OF CERTS SUBMITTED
1. Alliances will start the competition with the amount of points based on the amount
of certs submitted.
Two certs (1 each, the minimum required) = 0 points.
Three certs total = 3 points for the alliance
Four certs total = 6 points for the alliance
Five certs total = 10 for the alliance
Six certs (the max) total = 15 for the alliances
2. After the sixth and after the eleventh round those same amount of turn starting
points are awarded to each alliance.
3. Hence, alliances may earn up to 45 points through the event via certs. (Note: cert
points are not impacted by the Round Modifier.)
NUMBER OF WINS
1. Each teammate win per round is worth 3 base points. (e.g. 1 win = 3 points, 5 wins
= 15 points)
FIGHT ALL FIVE WARRIORS
1. Each turn there is a +3 base point bonus for each teammate fighting all five
warriors
2. Each turn there is a -3 base point penalty for each teammate not fighting all five
warriors.
ROUND MODIFIER
1. The first 6 rounds of TW12 are scored at 1x base points. (Base points includes win
scoring, and any all-5 bonus/penalty, but not any cert scoring)
2. The 7th through 11th rounds are scored at 2x base points.
3. For the final and 12th round, base point scoring is at x3.
Special Considerations:
1. There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun. If you begin
the Turf War with Alliance X, you must end the Turf War with Alliance X. If you
begin the Turf War with Team X, you must end the Turf War with Team X.
2. Each alliance is comprised of two and only two managers.
3. The Dark Arena may be used without penalty. (Limit twice per warrior.)
4, If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW 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.
PRIZES
Certs: The winning alliance gets 70% of the pooled certs. Second place alliance gets
20%, and third place gets 10%.
It is the responsibility of the Captain of the winning alliance to distribute Gift
Certificates to his alliance. Moderators will mail them shortly after the final round.
Moderators will submit a list of each manager winner to RSI at the completion of the
contest for the RSI awarded prizes, to then be claimed by the manager from RSI
Customer Service within 6 months.
RSI awards: (all must be applied to DM47 warriors, cannot create out-of-bounds
warrior, and one max prize applied to any warrior ? all within 6 months)(one max prize
means that if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same warrior.)
1. Winning alliance captain may choose three (each manager/team receives same prize as
chosen by captain):
* Limited Damage Bump (bump one level damage) (warrior must have fought in the TW)
* Stat replace (remove 2 SZ, replace 2 to any one other stat) (warrior must have
fought in the TW)
* Choice Replacement (Receive 5 replacements, choose 1, delete 4)
* Replacement stat swap (Replace/flip any 2 stats on one new replacement)(may not
use in combination with Choice Replacement.)
* Favorite weapon knowledge (warrior must have fought in the TW)
2. 2nd place alliance captain may choose two (each manager/team receives same prize
as chosen by captain)
* Favorite weapon knowledge (warrior must have fought in the TW)
* Favorite rhythm knowledge (warrior must have participated in TW)
* Free stat raise of choice except size (may not create out-of-bounds warrior)
3. 3rd place alliance captain may choose one (each manager/team receives same prize as
chosen by captain)
* Favorite weapon knowledge (warrior must have fought in the TW)
* Favorite rhythm knowledge (warrior must have participated in TW)
* Free stat raise of choice except size (may not create out-of-bounds warrior)
Participation Award: All teams who fight in all rounds and 54 min fights (of 60)
* Two +1 skill pots (added to warrior base; cannot create out of bound warrior)
These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderators within two weeks of round twelve for
individual claiming from RSI within 4 turns of the end of TWXII. The certs will be
mailed to the winning alliance by the Moderators within two weeks of the end of the
TW.
Moderators: The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur. (The
TWX 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
[Darque] or [Assur] on the Duel2 Forums. Lastly, you may also email questions,
comments, and scoring disputes to rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com or wfms101@aol.com or or
mikey.alexander@hisstrengthandwork.com
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
BACK PAIN was butchered by ARENAMASTER NOR in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK devastated ANDERS SLOWEYE in a 2 minute Challenge Title duel.
AXLE FOLEY was subdued by STORM WARNING in a 2 minute bloody expert's Challenge fight.
CAL LIPPER was devastated by RATUNDO in a 6 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
HAL O'GEN demolished MYRON MEI in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge competition.
THE VIBE vanquished LATELY STONE in a exciting 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
ROSE PURITY butchered BLACK HORNET in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
LUCKY LOOIE vanquished ACNE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven duel.
BLUE MOON was overpowered by FATIGUE in a 1 minute uneven duel.
REALITY STIMULATION narrowly defeated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 12 minute fight.
BUMBLE was demolished by DALE AUTRY in a 1 minute mismatched match.
PULLED MUSCLE was overcome by KEITH MOON in a 2 minute contest.
MOONDUST demolished JAR JAR BINKS in a 1 minute mismatched match.
HARVEST MOON beat JAR JAR BINKS in a 1 minute conflict.
STRETCH MARKS was overcome by KILLER BEE in a 2 minute beginner's fight.
DIRT DAUBER overpowered MOONFISH in a 2 minute uneven struggle.
YELLOW JACKET handily defeated JIMMY THE LOCK in a 1 minute bloody mismatched bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|WALL OF STEEL 6 PARRY-LUNGE 6 - 4 - 0 60 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 22 - 15 - 3 59 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 STRIKING ATTACK 13 - 9 - 1 59 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 AIMED BLOW 25 - 20 - 1 56 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 WALL OF STEEL 22 - 19 - 2 54 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 13 - 0 54 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 8 - 0 47 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 8 - 12 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 13 - 0 38 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 5 - 9 - 0 36 |
Turn 453 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:
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 AIMED BLOW 2 - 3 3 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 4 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 STRIKING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 LUNGING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 BASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK ANNE T LOCH-BRAEK 5587 13 4 0 131 OTTO'S MECHANICS (226)
AIMED BLOW FATIGUE 5775 8 1 0 90 BASH BROS BODY (541)
WALL OF STEEL ANDERS SLOWEYE 5740 16 15 3 88 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
PARRY-RIPOSTE RATUNDO 5768 9 5 1 69 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
TOTAL PARRY REALITY STIMULATION 5754 11 9 0 45 BIG LAKE PURE (568)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is LUCKY LOOIE 5022. The most popular warrior this
turn was STORM WARNING 5033. The ten other most popular fighters were ANNE T
LOCH-BRAEK 5587, THE VIBE 5781, STRETCH MARKS 5783, LUCKY LOOIE 5022, FATIGUE 5775,
MOONDUST 5638, HARVEST MOON 5618, KILLER BEE 5804, DIRT DAUBER 5803, and YELLOW
JACKET 5806.
The least popular fighter this week was REALITY STIMULATION 5754. The other ten
least popular fighters were JIMMY THE LOCK 5810, MOONFISH 5815, BUMBLE 5805, BLUE
MOON 4373, ACNE 5722, BLACK HORNET 5807, MYRON MEI 5081, CAL LIPPER 5710, ANDERS
SLOWEYE 5740, and BACK PAIN 5812.