DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/16/2013 Duedate: 01/29/2013
MURSKA ARENA
DM-35 TURN-687
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
GRINCH
BAD GUYS (381)
(35-4184) [14-2-1,132]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SMILE WAFFLE TIMBRE
HAPPY FUN TIME (361) SOUND (15)
(35-4278) [13-0-1,178] (35-4409) [1-0-0,16]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
MADON AP LLEW PRIVATEER
CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) SEA DOGS (377)
(35-4261) [18-28-0,82] (35-4264) [5-1-0,58]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SOUND (15) 50
2. HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 44 BAD GUYS (381)
3. SEA DOGS (377) 20 Unchartered Team
4. CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 15
5. BAD GUYS (381) 10 SOUND (15)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2 BAD GUYS (381) 40 24 1 62.5 1/ 1 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 7 2 1
2/ 1 BATTLE FROGS (388) 27 17 0 61.4 2/ 3 SEA DOGS (377) 6 7 0
3/ 3 HAPPY FUN TIME (361) 45 29 4 60.8 3/ 2 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 5 9 0
4/ 4 SEA DOGS (377) 96 87 9 52.5 4/ 0*SOUND (15) 4 1 0
5/ 0*SOUND (15) 9 10 0 47.4 5/ 4 BAD GUYS (381) 3 0 0
6/ 5 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141) 956 %1241 31 43.5 6/ 5 BATTLE FROGS (388) 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
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---===FREE BLADES REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 713): GLINDORA of CRIMSON DEATH (Verol, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 715): DIZZY GILLESPIE of BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 661): GOLDENEYE of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 709): LUCK DEVIL of THE DEVIL'S OWN (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 711): DEE NILE of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 703): WHIRLING FROGGY of KAOS FROGS (Grimm, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 704): SIR BLUEBELL of LORDS INC. (Lord Z., mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 354): POSTAGE of EXPENSE ACCOUNT (Finance Manager, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 701): STEEL SHARPENER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 352): DRONE-ON of BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 697): PAM DEMONIUM of DEVIL ADVOCATES (The Dark One, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 694): HULL SCRUBBER of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 686): GRINCY of BAD GUYS (Mr. Bad Guy, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 643): ARCHERS OF LOAF of UNC COLLEGE RADIO (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): AURORA MARIE of NORTHERN LIGHTS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): 4-H of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 576): LINKIN LOGGER of INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 561): TICK ... TOCK of UNNAMEABLES (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 543): GRAHAM CRACKER of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 538): THE BLUE PILL of THE MOTHERSHIP CE (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 259): FRISBEE of FOUND IN THE SAND (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 499): MARISAN TEN MEDARIN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 493): KOGAN DJIAN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 485): TIGER JONSALMIN of SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 602): NOREASTER of DIRT DEVILS (The Dark One, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 713): CRIMSON DEATH (Verol, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 715): BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 661): ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 15 MALCORN (turn 709): CRUCIAL TAUNT (Daikkan, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 711): PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 17 ALJAFIR (turn 703): MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 19 ZUWAYZA (turn 704): LORDS INC. (Lord Z, mgr.)
DM 28 MORYA (turn 354): LORD OF DISCIPLINE (Longshot, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 701): CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 31 CHIMLEVTAL (turn 352): BAD NEWS BEES (Stinger, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 697): DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
DM 33 NIATOLI ISLAND (turn 694): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 35 MURSKA (turn 686): HAPPY FUN TIME (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 43 VEASTIAN (turn 645): THE FAMILY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 45 STORMCROWE (turn 329): DARQUE FORCES (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): LIFE IMAPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
DM 56 ROCANIS (turn 576): INCONSISTENT FURY (Banthius, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 561): RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
DM 61 JURINE (turn 543): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 65 DAL SHANG (turn 538): SAND DANCERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 73 ERINIKA (turn 259): SUPER STARS (Crip, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 499): MEDAL OF HONOR (The Anarchist, mgr.)
DM 75 JADE MOUNTAIN (turn 493): SAND DANCERSS (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 485): SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
ADM 103 FREE BLADES (turn 602): DIRT DEVILS et al (The Dark One, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 9 ZUKAL (turn 713): BLUE STREAK of BLUE MOON (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 12 RIZTAB (turn 715): DIZZY GILLESPIE of BLUE NOTE (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
DM 13 DULLENS (turn 660): THE BEAKSTER of ARCANE ROYALTY (Destitute Noble, mgr.)
DM 16 WILLAF (turn 711): DEE NILE of PUNNY AMINALS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 29 LAPUR (turn 701): STEEL SHARPENER of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.)
PLUTONIUM PUNCH of METAL MINCERS (Oremaster, mgr.)
(turn 700): GRASSFIRE of CARDOW HUNTERS (Jorja, mgr.)
MOTHIAS of MID EARTH (Visionist, mgr.)
DM 32 ARVAT (turn 697): INSIDIOUS of DEATH BY DESIGN (Bubba Ganoosh, mgr.)
DM 47 NORTH FORK (turn 323): FROSTY of FAST FOOD (Madwand, mgr.)
(turn 322): WILHELM SCREAM of OTTODROME TW (Otto X, mgr.)
DM 50 SNOWBOUND (turn 310): MATH of LIFE IMPACTS (Coach, mgr.)
DM 60 ARADI (turn 560): FENWRIST of RED DOG GANG (Spot, mgr.)
PRIME MINISTER of INGRATE WHITE NORTH (Crip, mgr.)
DM 74 DAYLA KIV (turn 498): SPIDERPIG of HOMER'S PETS (Floyd, mgr.)
DM 78 LIN TIRIAN (turn 484): NAKED LUNCH of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
Greetings, warriors of MURSKA! Once again I've been called out of retirement
for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting. What's with HIGHWAY 420? It
actually beat BATTLE FROGS' THE DARK FROG, and walked away with 22 more points from
the fight. Major screwup at BATTLE FROGS. THE DARK FROG lost 17 points to HIGHWAY
420. Some new strategies, perhaps? Maybe THE DARK FROG will provide more easy
wins... Try as he might, FURIOUS FROGPALER wasn't good enough at persuading GRINCH
to step down from the Duelmaster's throne... I suppose you want to hear some rumors
and dirty gossip about your fellow fighters? Tough!
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. How
well I know the feeling of being in the most avoided team! Don't fall out of
practive, HAPPY FUN TIME! The bums at BAD GUYS couldn't face the challenges from
HAPPY FUN TIME! No excuse for that!
Warriors of MURSKA unite. You have only your games to lose! Many a warrior has
met his fate in a hungover stupor. You young rapscallions, take note!
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. The end
of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Remember--a good
fighter needs both good skills and good luck. Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRINCH 4184 14 2 1 132 BAD GUYS (381)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SMILE WAFFLE 4278 13 0 1 178 HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
-FREE CHEESE!! 4279 8 3 1 94 HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HIGHWAY 420 3885 13 7 1 90 HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
FURIOUS FROGPALER 4309 6 4 0 87 BATTLE FROGS (388)
MADON AP LLEW 4261 18 28 0 82 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
THE DARK FROG 4347 7 2 0 68 BATTLE FROGS (388)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PRIVATEER 4264 5 1 0 58 SEA DOGS (377)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SAVAGE BEATING 4339 8 3 0 54 HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
-DAYDREAM FROG 4348 6 2 0 46 BATTLE FROGS (388)
JOCK MACBEAGH 4344 9 14 1 44 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
DEIRDRIE 4391 4 0 0 37 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MACE FACE FROG 4349 5 3 0 31 BATTLE FROGS (388)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BURGLAR FROG 4357 3 1 0 23 BATTLE FROGS (388)
FINN MAC KARMEK 4388 2 2 0 23 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
TIMBRE 4409 1 0 0 16 SOUND (15)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MEL 4408 1 0 0 15 SOUND (15)
URCHIN 4338 1 2 0 13 SEA DOGS (377)
-PONTIUS PILATE 4371 1 0 0 13 BAD GUYS (381)
HUM 4407 1 0 0 13 SOUND (15)
BLOWFISH 4342 2 1 0 10 SEA DOGS (377)
WHISTLE 4406 1 0 0 5 SOUND (15)
LITE 102 0 3 0 3 SOUND (15)
SEAN AP KORMAK 4404 0 1 0 1 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
KORMAC AP RHINN 4324 12 13 0 CHILDREN OF LLYR 141 FREE CHEESE!! 4279 685
HAPPY HAPPY 4402 0 1 0 HAPPY FUN TIME 361 BLACK ORC 687 NONE
MAN OVERBOARD 4405 0 1 0 SEA DOGS 377 WURM KIN 687 NONE
PICAROON 4403 0 1 0 SEA DOGS 377 MISTRESS SHA'TYI 687 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.
Grinch -- Well, so what? -- Madon ap Llew, more popular than you are, regardless of
your record
Ah, the Ambitious Guard. An easy win is good to have. -- Jock MacBeagh
Blowfish -- Wow, where'd you get a weird name like that? I mean, people could make
some strange comments about you. -- Finn mac Karmek
And probably will.
The arenamaster should have let me bury the Convicted Thief in the sand. He would
have made good fertilizer. -- Deirdrie
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MAN OVERBOARD was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
PICAROON was slaughtered by MISTRESS SHA'TYIR in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
HAPPY HAPPY was murdered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute gruesome Dark Arena fight.
GRINCH devastated FURIOUS FROGPALER in a 1 minute one-sided Title contest.
SMILE WAFFLE overpowered MADON AP LLEW in a 1 minute mismatched match.
HIGHWAY 420 devastated THE DARK FROG in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
SAVAGE BEATING unbelievably bested JOCK MACBEAGH in a 3 minute master's match.
PRIVATEER viciously subdued MACE FACE FROG in a action packed 5 minute gruesome fight.
DEIRDRIE won victory over FRATSFA SLAVE in a 3 minute beginner's duel.
BLOWFISH was defeated by FINN MAC KARMEK in a 2 minute gory beginner's duel.
URCHIN overpowered LITE in a 1 minute uneven match.
SEAN AP KORMAK was beaten by WHISTLE in a exciting 1 minute novice's fight.
HUM devastated MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
MEL subdued EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute amateur's match.
TIMBRE beat EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 2 minute amateur's conflict.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 9 - 2 - 1 82 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 TOTAL PARRY 9 - 4 - 0 69 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 AIMED BLOW 15 - 8 - 0 65 |
|WALL OF STEEL 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 3 - 1 63 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 STRIKING ATTACK 19 - 21 - 0 48 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 5 - 7 - 0 42 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 7 - 0 36 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
|TOTAL PARRY 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 687 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 AIMED BLOW 2 - 3 4 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 4 AIMED BLOW
STRIKING ATTACK 3 - 2 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 PARRY-LUNGE
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 2 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK GRINCH 4184 14 2 1 132 BAD GUYS (381)
PARRY-LUNGE HIGHWAY 420 3885 13 7 1 90 HAPPY FUN TIME (361)
AIMED BLOW FURIOUS FROGPALER 4309 6 4 0 87 BATTLE FROGS (388)
PARRY-RIPOSTE DEIRDRIE 4391 4 0 0 37 CHILDREN OF LLYR (141)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is MADON AP LLEW 4261. The most popular warrior this
turn was PRIVATEER 4264. The ten other most popular fighters were JOCK MACBEAGH
4344, SMILE WAFFLE 4278, SAVAGE BEATING 4339, FINN MAC KARMEK 4388, TIMBRE 4409,
GRINCH 4184, HIGHWAY 420 3885, MACE FACE FROG 4349, URCHIN 4338, and SEAN AP KORMAK
4404.
The least popular fighter this week was LITE 102. The other ten least popular
fighters were DEIRDRIE 4391, THE DARK FROG 4347, MADON AP LLEW 4261, FURIOUS
FROGPALER 4309, HAPPY HAPPY 4402, MAN OVERBOARD 4405, BLOWFISH 4342, PICAROON 4403,
MEL 4408, and HUM 4407.
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