DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 05/21/2009 Duedate: 06/03/2009
CLIFFHOME ARENA
DM-38 TURN-577
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
TORCHLIGHT KID
U.A.K. (92)
(38-4820) [10-0-2,105]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
TORCHLIGHT KID GURU GNU
U.A.K. (92) HILLTOP GURUS (424)
(38-4820) [10-0-2,105] (38-4784) [5-1-0,74]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
REDD CORVAIT JITNEY JOHNNY
JINDA-BAN (198) JINDA-BAN (198)
(38-4760) [22-19-0,95] (38-4825) [2-1-1,16]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
U.A.K. (92)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. U.A.K. (92) 38
2. HILLTOP GURUS (424) 27 U.A.K. (92)
3. JINDA-BAN (198) 15 Unchartered Team
HILLTOP GURUS (424)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 0*HILLTOP GURUS (424) 13 2 0 86.7 1/ 1 U.A.K. (92) 11 2 0
2/ 1 U.A.K. (92) 364 309 19 54.1 2/ 2 JINDA-BAN (198) 5 10 1
3/ 2 JINDA-BAN (198) 540 722 12 42.8 3/ 0*HILLTOP GURUS (424) 2 0 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 623): POOP DECK GUY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 505): GALLORDIN of THE GOLDEN FISH (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 629): KOVARAMANN VOTH of GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 624): FELISSA HURM of THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 624): HATTIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 627): HIERONYMUS ZIGG of SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 617): DEIMOS of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 613): DOT DOT DOT of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 612): LEAD INSTRUCTOR of LIGHT BRIGADE (Woody, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 584): BAM BAM THE IMP of HOUSE OF RATS (?, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 576): TORCHILIGHT KID of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 259): D'URVILLE of KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 560): CHATTY CABALIST of DUNGEON CELL (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 511): CARGO of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 246): KORASIM of TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 234): KIRRALA of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 461): ANGRY DECKHAND of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 210): UM-PAH of ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 505): SUPER BUM of FLAT BROKE (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 623): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 505): PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE (Gavin, Rule, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 629): GAMES LIBRARY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 624): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 624): PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 627): SENTINELS (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 617): THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 613): SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 612): MONADIC TRIBE (Nomad, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 584): GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS (Non?, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 576): U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 259): KIWI CONNECTION (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 560): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 511): DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 246): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 234): ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 461): DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 210): ONE MAN BAND (Allegro, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 505) 0729205R et al (The Muffin Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 623): POOP DECK GUY of SEA DOGS (One Armed Bandit, mgr.)
WAYWARD SON of MANNEQUIN'S BEST (Mannequin, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 624): HATTIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 616): JOLEEN KRUZ of THE MOONDOGS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 612): BLUE MOON of RUN AND HYDE (Jekyll, mgr.)
HEXALUS of VINCERE AUT MORI (Toker, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 612): LAGERKVIST of LITERATE LOONS (?, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 575): RUNNA DAMILL of U.A.K. (Otis the Drunk, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 234): KIRRALA of ISLANDERS (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 461): ANGRY DECKHAND of DEATH MOB (Jakari, mgr.)
(turn 460): EVANDER GILL of MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
SPY REPORT
It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters. Look on my work, ye mighty,
and despair! Practice pays for ZAG, who pummelled PERSISTENT BEGGAR, to pocket 16
points. UTANO certainly had a baffled expression on his face, after losing to REDD
CORVAIT and losing 9 points in the process! BENT FENDER found out that CLIFFHOME
isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to be Duelmaster here! So who was the
warrior seen charging into immovable walls and challenging dead trees? Someone's got
a basic problem...
And how sociable are CLIFFHOME's warriors? Come, let us see.
Ah, the duel! The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd! Never one to
advocate diplomacy and restraint, I was pleased to see JINDA-BAN retaliate against
U.A.K. in bloodfeud! Ask not a spymaster for counsel, for he will pontificate long
after you have fallen into an unconscious stupor.
All good things must come to an end. My fingers tire and I fear my incessant
prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character. Do not despair!
I shall return!-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TORCHLIGHT KID 4820 10 0 2 105 U.A.K. (92)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
REDD CORVAIT 4760 22 19 0 95 JINDA-BAN (198)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BENT FENDER 4702 8 66 0 90 JINDA-BAN (198)
GURU GNU 4784 5 1 0 74 HILLTOP GURUS (424)
UTANO 4821 7 3 1 72 U.A.K. (92)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KARTIKAYA 4761 14 23 1 66 JINDA-BAN (198)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LUM BUSBY 4822 7 2 0 43 JINDA-BAN (198)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOGOS 4781 4 1 0 24 HILLTOP GURUS (424)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SCARLET MONK 4780 4 0 0 20 HILLTOP GURUS (424)
JITNEY JOHNNY 4825 2 1 1 16 JINDA-BAN (198)
ZAG 4828 1 0 0 16 U.A.K. (92)
ZIG 4827 1 0 0 15 U.A.K. (92)
BERTHA 4826 1 0 0 13 U.A.K. (92)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
WHEELIE JUNE 4819 4 6 0 JINDA-BAN 198 UTANO 4821 574 JUST REVENGED
ITORI 4824 1 1 0 U.A.K. 92 JITNEY JOHNNY 4825 575
PERSONAL ADS
Hal has been misbehaving, and many personals sent in good time have not arrived.
They should show up next time. Well, we hope they'll show up next time. For
now, our apologies. -- the Editor
29 April 09
Greetings All -- This is Vincent Michaels, "the Rake", mgr. of the Stormbringers out
of DM 33 Niatoli Island, back after a relatively long layoff. I come back to my
arena to find only two other teams there. Terrible! I'm calling on all you managers
out there who have inactive teams in Niatoli to put them back in the game. Also,
anyone else who wants to come check out our little island are welcome. Good food and
a lot of good gambling, and you will have a chance to smack around Gen. GirlPants and
his band of Ravaged Queens. Great fun. Come one, come all!
4 May 09
Players of Duel 2:
RSI wants to try, in a few arenas, a system that rewards role-play and general arena
involvement. Our thoughts at this time are as follows, and feedback is earnestly
solicited:
1. What to reward.
a. Spotlights--they don't have to be involved and lengthy storylines, and in fact,
my own inclination is to say: anything game related and original (i,e,, not a
reprint), maybe set a minimum length. I use TOGS here as my model--half a column as
formatted for the newsletter, and we don't judge the quality of the writing (so long
as the editor isn't grossed out), just the intent to make a positive contribution.
b. A dm column where one is "due." Again, no judgment on quality of writing, should
be dm-related, and I would say (this is just me) a minimum length of maybe five
lines.
c. Personals. More than just "you suck," or "good fight." How much more doesn't
really concern me, and quality, other than "not offensive to the editor," should not
be an issue. We don't want to encourage participation and then muzzle it.
d. It has been suggested that a reward point or two be offered for running a full
team. We could include this, but my own inclination would be to say that there would
be no points for this, but that those who don't make a clear effort on this
(accidents happen, so maybe something like "when the three-turn total of fights is
below twelve"?) aren't eligible for points on any turn until they get it back up to a
full team.
2. How to reward it.
a. We've been thinking nebulously about some kind of point system, obviously, as an
example, say 3 points for a spotlight, 2 for a column, 1 for personals, more points
here for what takes more effort, but some points for any effort. This is in no way
final! But some way to keep track of who is contributing and how much, and as non-
subjective as possible; this would be noted as each newsletter would be proofed. A
way to clearly identify who's sending in what would help, but I can work it out by
referring to the warrior listings if I have to.
b. But, assuming a point system, do the rewards, whatever they end up being, go to
the player who achieves a certain point total? Is this calculated per turn, or as a
running total over as many turns as it takes to reach that point? Or to the player
with the highest total on any given turn? What about ties?
c. What do the points get the player? The current thought is X points gets a free
fight, probably replacing the "Popularity Leader's" free fight in the relevant arena.
That suggests only one player getting a role-play free fight on any given turn. Is
this enough to encourage the newsletter participation we're hoping for? Should we
convert "This Week's Favorite" to a role-play free fight also? Or handle rewards in
some other way entirely?
3. Where it happens.
The current thought is, try it in four arenas: one in each region, and one slow
arena. Who picks the arenas in question? I'd be inclined to rule out those that are
doing fairly well already (Ardivent, Sunset, Lapur; Arkers, Morya, North Fork), but
is that wise? Or even fair? Darned if I know. Places where it is NOT currently
intended to happen: Transfer arenas. Maybe rule out the no-tourney arenas as
current candidates, too?
If this seems to work well enough to be worth the effort, should we consider
extending it to more, eventually to all non-transfer, arenas?
This is not a "someday down the line we might" concept. We want to do this, and
SOON. Your feedback would be appreciated, for, against, changes, anything. You can
email me directly at jputney zianet com (make sure it says DM in the subject line) or
send a diplo to scribe, any arena.
the Scribe
P.S. Staff members not to be eligible for role-playing free fights.
5 May 09
The Battle Royal V is upon us! Come join one of the original contests that has had
some of the games best managers involved in the past. DM 18, Talcama, some consider
it to be the crown jewel of the Delarq cities is where this contest will take place.
The Battle Royal is intended to be a play as you want, play what you want Delarquan
style contest with very few rules. While I'd love to say, "NO AVOIDING" is the only
rule (and that wouldn't be too far off), I must spell out situations that can and
have occurred and require additional clarification.
The advantages of this format:
1) Simple.
2) No penalty for DAs.
3) No restrictions on warriors entered into the contest (baggers, TC mods, etc all
welcome)
4) No penalty for not fighting.
5) It isn't a race where 21 wit and favorite learn determine the victor.
6) Losing a warrior (or even your whole team) doesn't eliminate you from contention.
7) It is possible to overcome almost any deficit. And this has been proven, with
managers making huge point swings in short periods of time!
8) It is a contest designed to show manager skill rather than warrior ability.
There are a few disadvantages:
1) There is no set end. It is possible for this contest to go on indefinitely. In
practice, this format has worked very nicely in the past and I expect it will
continue to work well.
2) You cannot avoid (But that is part of the fun and the head to head nature of this
contest requires this rule.)
3) It encourages bloodshed.
4) Baggers and experienced warriors have an advantage over new warriors.
Battle Royal Rules:
- Any team in Talcama is eligible to participate. There are no restrictions on
warriors (baggers, TC prize modified, etc). However, any warrior that fights for
your team is considered in the BR.
- Teams may not avoid any other team within the contest. (Note that you may avoid
teams outside the contest but you do so at your own risk.) Avoiding a team on the
turn they enter the Battle Royal is not considered against the rules (since you
couldn't know the team wasn't part of the BR). The suggestion is not to avoid at
all. Assur (the contest moderator) gets an avoid report every turn and will catch
people avoiding!
- Managers may only enter a single team in the contest.
- Any manager with more than one team in Talcama may not challenge any other contest
warrior with their non contest team(s). The intention is that no advantage can be
gained by having multiple teams in the arena.
****Failure to comply with the above rules***
1st offense: Disqualification from the prize, but you may still participate.
2nd offense: Warning.
3rd offense: Removal from Battle Royal.
- If a manager decides to switch teams, his score will start back at 0. This is to
prevent a manager from sweeping the contest with several teams of sandbaggers. Can a
manager use this clause to go from a negative score to zero? Yes. I realize this is
sort of cheating, but I'd rather have a manager start over with a new team than drop
out of the contest. Even so, they have to start at 0 and must gain 25 points.
- If your warrior loses a contest fight because of an input error and this error is
verified by RSI, you will have a point added to your score. The head to head records
will remain the same and any points gained by another manager will remain on that
manager's record.
- As soon as you are announced in the newsletter, you are officially entered into the
Battle Royal. Scoring begins on that turn! You are expected to follow the rules
that turn and every turn following. Your team may enter any time they wish during
the course of the Battle Royal.
- If you are exiting the Battle Royal, you are not removed until the turn after your
intention is published. You are asked to follow the rules for that turn (either
through not avoiding or not running your warriors).
Scoring:
- Scoring begins the turn your team declares participation.
- Scoring continues through the turn your team withdraws.
- Score is calculated by: Wins+Kills-Lossses.
- Only fights with other B.R. participannts count towards your score, but they count
whether they are challenges or random match-ups.
- First Manager to 25 points wins!
- In event of tie, B.R. continues until one team that has reached 25 points is ahead
of all other participants.
Disputes:
- The attempt has been made to make these rules as complete and bulletproof as
possible, but Tripwire will resolve any disputes as fairly as he is capable.
Prizes:
For the Winner:
6 Months Free Play in Talcama for the winning team (doesn't include tourneys)!
One +1 Bonus Potion (up to max for warrior, to be used on a warrior in DM 18)!
One Limited Damage Bump Potion (one time use, up to max for stats, used on DM 18
warrior)!
One Minor Stat Switch Prize (up to 2 points can be moved from one stat to another
stat on a new rollup in DM 18, before adding 14 points. This prize can be used up to
3 months from the contest end. Both points must be used in the same place (can't
take one from a speed and one from deftness and add one to wit and will)).
One Favorites Knowledge Potion (to be used on a 5+ FE warrior in DM 18).
Rename One Dark Arena Creature in DM 18, which will be renamed for 6 Months or until
the Ladies decide to return it to the previous name.
All potions renaming prizes must be used within 2 turns of the end of the contest.
Endurance Award (available to all participants):
One +1 Bonus Potion (up to max for warrior, to be used on a warrior in DM 18).
To qualify for the Endurance Award you must participate in 90% of the total fights
possible over the course of the BR. If you don't have time to make it into the BR by
the first turn, there will be a two turn window before the counter will start for new
teams. The fights do not have to be BR point scoring fights, just 90% of the total
possible participation over the course of the contest! So, if the contest runs 26
turns, there are 130 fights possible. Your team must have 117 fights during those 26
turns to be eligible.
All prizes/potions subject to RSI's interpretation of how they are used/implemented.
RSI said the faves knowledge must be used on an Inits warrior or higher and set at
5FE or more.
Tripwire
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
UTANO was devastated by REDD CORVAIT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
TORCHLIGHT KID viciously subdued BENT FENDER in a 1 minute uneven Title battle.
GURU GNU vanquished KARTIKAYA in a 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
LUM BUSBY defeated AMBITIOUS GUARD in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
JITNEY JOHNNY was unbelievably bested by LOGOS in a popular 2 minute bloody duel.
BERTHA overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ZIG defeated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute beginner's melee.
ZAG vanquished PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|AIMED BLOW 2 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 BASHING ATTACK 11 - 0 - 2 100 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 1 - 0 88 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 2 - 0 80 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 3 - 1 - 0 75 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 3 - 1 70 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 5 - 0 67 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 1 LUNGING ATTACK 14 - 9 - 1 61 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 - 7 - 0 30 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 TOTAL PARRY 1 - 19 - 0 5 |
Turn 577 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 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 3 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 0 1 BASHING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 0 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
1 PARRY-STRIKE
1 LUNGING ATTACK
1 AIMED BLOW
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK TORCHLIGHT KID 4820 10 0 2 105 U.A.K. (92)
PARRY-RIPOSTE REDD CORVAIT 4760 22 19 0 95 JINDA-BAN (198)
STRIKING ATTACK GURU GNU 4784 5 1 0 74 HILLTOP GURUS (424)
PARRY-LUNGE UTANO 4821 7 3 1 72 U.A.K. (92)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is REDD CORVAIT 4760. The most popular warrior this
turn was JITNEY JOHNNY 4825. The ten other most popular fighters were TORCHLIGHT KID
4820, GURU GNU 4784, LUM BUSBY 4822, ZAG 4828, REDD CORVAIT 4760, LOGOS 4781, BERTHA
4826, ZIG 4827, UTANO 4821, and BENT FENDER 4702.
The least popular fighter this week was KARTIKAYA 4761. The other ten least popular
fighters were BENT FENDER 4702, UTANO 4821, ZIG 4827, BERTHA 4826, LOGOS 4781, REDD
CORVAIT 4760, ZAG 4828, LUM BUSBY 4822, GURU GNU 4784, and TORCHLIGHT KID 4820.