DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/29/2015    Duedate: 09/25/2015

XOCHITHLAN ARENA

DM-39    TURN-342

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

WICKED SLICE
ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
(39-4083) [10-20-1,75]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

WICKED SLICE                   POSITION IS EMPTY
ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)           
(39-4083) [10-20-1,75]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

WICKED SLICE                   PARRY-SLICE
ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)           ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
(39-4083) [10-20-1,75]         (39-4078) [8-9-1,39]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

BASH BROS BABY (461)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS BABY (461)        40
2. ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)        24      BASH BROS BABY (461)
3. DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)        0      Unchartered Team
4. PARKLAND (473)               0
5. DARQUE ANGELS (402)          0      BLANK (107)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 2 DARQUE ANGELS (402)      186 102 13 64.6   1- 1 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)     7  2 0
 2- 3 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)    213 147 13 59.2   2/ 4 BASH BROS BABY (461)      7  6 0
 3/ 4 BASH BROS BABY (461)      29  21  2 58.0   3/ 5 ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)      6  6 1
 4/ 5 ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)      74  73  5 50.3   4- 0 PARKLAND (473)            4  4 0
 5- 0 PARKLAND (473)            35  42  2 45.5   5- 3 DARQUE ANGELS (402)       1  4 0

    '*'   Unchartered team                       '-'  Team did not fight this turn
   (###)  Avoid teams by their Team Id          ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

                                      SPY REPORT

     Greetings, warriors of XOCHITHLAN!  Once again I've been called out of 
retirement for my abilities and insights into Spyreporting.  Biff!  Pow!  XOCHITHLAN 
watched with glee as DUCKS UNLIMITED got knocked off top spot by BASH BROS BABY!  
What's with SLY SIR DICER?  He actually beat XOCHITHLAN's RIRORNI WOMAN, and walked 
away with 20 more points from the fight.  Laughs were big at BASH BROS BABY while 
they watched LOUD TOYS clobber PARRY-SLICE.  He lost 12 points and got bruised from 
objects thrown from the stands.  What a role model for XOCHITHLAN's young 'uns!  
SCROOGE MCDUCK becomes Duelmaster, but don't bother to fight no more!  I can barely 
restrain my enthusiam for ANYWAYUSLICEIT's outstanding member, Duelmaster WICKED 
SLICE.  Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!   
     Speaking of cowardly avoiders and unfair challenges...  The most avoided team 
was ANYWAYUSLICEIT.  The bums at BASH BROS BABY couldn't face the challenges from 
ANYWAYUSLICEIT!  No excuse for that!   
     There have been some calls to lengthen the time limit.  Do you want the fighters 
to walk away, or not?  Here's some advice:  study your opponent, master many skills, 
fight dirty.   
     Many other cities have retirement homes for aged warriors.  Any plans here?  All 
work and no play makes Olaf a dull fighter.  Work and play no fighter dull Olaf.  
Olaffighterwork and no play.  Remember--a good fighter needs both good skills and 
good luck.  Until next time,-- Olaf Modeen  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 WICKED SLICE 4083            10  20  1    75       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SCROOGE MCDUCK 3719          14   9  0   107       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-PEKING DUCK 3632             21  11  0    92       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HOWARD THE DUCK 3845         11   5  0    88       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-CWM 4044                      9   7  2    82       PARKLAND (473)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ZAQIEL 4071                   5   3  0    65       DARQUE ANGELS (402)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-DUCK DODGERS 4058             3   0  0    56       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-KOKABIEL 4056                10   6  1    54       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 LOUD TOYS 4069                6   4  0    46       BASH BROS BABY (461)
-DAISY 4059                   10   4  0    44       PARKLAND (473)
 PARRY-SLICE 4078              8   9  1    39       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
 NOT THE MOM CRY 3888          5   7  1    36       BASH BROS BABY (461)
-POOPS THROUGH DIAPER 3891     6   2  0    35       BASH BROS BABY (461)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SAMYAZA 4090                  4   3  0    33       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
-SWAN 4061                     5   8  0    31       PARKLAND (473)
 DANGEROUS TOYS 4100           2   0  0    29       BASH BROS BABY (461)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-NISROCH 4112                  1   1  1    23       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
 SLY SIR DICER 4115            1   0  0    20       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
 EUNUCH 4097                   1   0  0    15       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
 SUPERSLICE 4074               3   3  1    13       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
-GADER'EL 4103                 1   3  0    10       DARQUE ANGELS (402)
-DUCK SOUP 4101                0   1  0     7       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-LEA 4113                      0   1  0     1       PARKLAND (473)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CRY BABY 4099           4  3 0 BASH BROS BABY 461   SHAGORNAN HERMIT      342  NONE
BUTTERFLY 4102          1  2 0 PARKLAND 473         NISROCH 4112          339  REVENGED
POND 4096               1  2 0 PARKLAND 473         SUPERSLICE 4074       340  REVENGED

                                     PERSONAL ADS

Duck Dodgers -- Go forward to your own century. -- Poops Through Diaper

Parry-Slice -- Beat up a baby just because you're annoyed?  That is not cool. -- Loud 
Toys

Daisy -- You are not my mother. -- Not the Mom Cry

Lea -- My mom said you give lousy gifts. -- Dangerous Toys

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

CRY BABY was butchered by SHAGORNAN HERMIT in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
WICKED SLICE viciously subdued ELITE ASSASSIN in a 4 minute brutal Title duel.
PARRY-SLICE slimly lost to LOUD TOYS in a popular 2 minute match.
NOT THE MOM CRY vanquished SUPERSLICE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
DANGEROUS TOYS overpowered SHAMAN'S ASSISTANT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
EUNUCH devastated LONG-RANGE ARCHERS in a 1 minute uneven brawl.
SLY SIR DICER overpowered RIRORNI WOMAN in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|BASHING ATTACK                   2         LUNGING ATTACK    10 -   5 -  1      67  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  2         STRIKING ATTACK   12 -   7 -  2      63  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      3 -   2 -  0      60  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      1         TOTAL PARRY       15 -  11 -  0      58  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         WALL OF STEEL      8 -   6 -  1      57  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     1         SLASHING ATTACK    8 -   6 -  0      57  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW         9 -   8 -  0      53  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    0         PARRY-STRIKE      16 -  15 -  0      52  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      0         PARRY-LUNGE        9 -  10 -  0      47  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         BASHING ATTACK    11 -  17 -  0      39  |

Turn 342 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         1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  1         3  PARRY-STRIKE   
PARRY-LUNGE        1 -  0     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  0         2  PARRY-LUNGE    
LUNGING ATTACK     1 -  0     SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
BASHING ATTACK     2 -  0     TOTAL PARRY        0 -  0         1  TOTAL PARRY    
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  1     WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     
                                                                1  BASHING ATTACK 
                                                                1  WALL OF STEEL  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
BASHING ATTACK   LOUD TOYS 4069              6   4  0   46 BASH BROS BABY (461)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is WICKED SLICE 4083.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was PARRY-SLICE 4078.  The ten other most popular fighters were WICKED SLICE 
4083, LOUD TOYS 4069, NOT THE MOM CRY 3888, DANGEROUS TOYS 4100, CRY BABY 4099, 
EUNUCH 4097, SLY SIR DICER 4115, SUPERSLICE 4074,  0, and  0.

The least popular fighter this week was SUPERSLICE 4074.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were SLY SIR DICER 4115, EUNUCH 4097, CRY BABY 4099, DANGEROUS TOYS 4100, 
NOT THE MOM CRY 3888, LOUD TOYS 4069, WICKED SLICE 4083, PARRY-SLICE 4078,  0, and  
0.

                 FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV

FRESHMEN TOURNEY                       W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
HOCKEY DUCK 937 (51-52-1)              3  3  0         DUCKS UNLIMITED      
SMIRK 3606 (34-10-0)                   1  3  0         CHEAP SHOTS          

ADEPTS TOURNEY                         W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
HOWARD THE DUCK 3845 (10-5-0)          6  3  0         DUCKS UNLIMITED      

APPRENTICES TOURNEY                    W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DANGEROUS TOYS 4100 (0-0-0)            3  3  0         BASH BROS BABY       

ROOKIES TOURNEY                        W  L  K         TEAM NAME            
DUCK SOUP 4101 (0-0-0)                 2  3  0         DUCKS UNLIMITED      
EUNUCH 4097 (0-0-0)                    2  3  0         ANYWAYUSLICEIT       
GAMMA EQUULEI 4106 (0-0-0)             2  3  0         EQUULEUS             

   The Turf Wars are coming. The Turf Wars are coming. Come one; come all. Gather

your alliance or collection of 2-4 teams and join in the competition. Hurry up! While 
Feb 2016 seems so far away, it is only six or so turns away, and it does take a while 
to make sure you have a team in DM47, communicate to find a group, send in certs, 
announce in writing in DM47, etc. etc. Teams of all levels and managers of all types, 
including newbies, find themselves competing quite well in this type of competition. 
Let's make the tenth anniversary (TWX) the biggest and best ever.
     This 10th competition will be hosted and moderated by the triumvirate of Assur, 
Master Darque and Oz The All-Wonderful.    
     Anyone may participate: known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances 
created solely to compete in the Turf War!  

To participate, each alliance must:
    a.  Announce the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter.
    b.  Indicate in the newsletter which Captain/alliance you will join.
    c.  Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted.

Captains are responsible for:
    a.  Verifying/authorizing, in the North Fork newsletter those who wish to 
        participate under the banner of their alliance. The confirmation/verification 
        must occur after, or in the same newsletter, but not before, the participant's 
        declaration. (Lack of participant indication of joining and/or subsequent lack 
        of Captain confirmation will delay a team's participation in the Turf War.)
    b.  Distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War.
    c.  Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate. (Note: Captains may, 
        if they wish, submit certs for all potential members of their alliance.)

Participating managers who are not Captains must:
    a.  Submit two (2) RSI Roll-Up Certificates to participate (Unless already 
        submitted by Captain. Note: extras will not be returned, but will go into the 
        winning pool of prizes.)
    b.  Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name, and alliance 
        they will represent in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Announcement made on 
        the D2 Forums or Chatzy will not be accepted.
        1.  No scores will be tabulated until two RSI Gift Certificates are received, 
            and participant indication and captain confirmation are posted in the 
            North Fork newsletter. NO EXCEPTIONS.
        2.  Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare themselves in the North 
            Fork (DM 47) newsletter as stated above AND be verified in the same or 
            subsequent newsletter by the alliance Captain they will represent.
        3.  Only one (1) team per player may compete.  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).
        4.  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, verification, and Gift Certificate received.
        5.  No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 3 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.)

Scoring will be as follows for Fights:

Team Points:
    a.  Fights made: (includes DA fights) 
            1 = 0 points,  2 = 0 points,  3 = 1 point,  4 = 3 points,  5 = 5 points
    b.  Wins earned: 
            1 = 1 point,  2 = 3 points,  3 = 6 points,  4 = 10 points,  5 = 15 points
    c.  Champion win = 3 additional points 
    d.  Down Challenge = (-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule)
    e.  Team with most wins per round earns 4 additional points
            (If ties, no points awarded)

Alliance Points (Rounds 1 through 5):
    a.  Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
            All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 3 points
            All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 6 points
            All (each) team fights all five warriors = 9
    b.  Alliance with most wins per that round = 5 points
            (If tied, no points awarded.)

Alliance Points (Rounds 6 through 10 as alliance point scoring doubles):
    c.  Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
            All (each) team of the alliance fights 1 to 3 warriors = 6 points
            All (each) team fights 4+ warriors = 12 points
            All (each) team fights all five warriors = 18
    d.  Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points
    e.  (If tied, no points awarded.)
   
Champions:
    a.  A Champion may be declared, but one is not mandatory. It is to the 
        team's/alliance's advantage that you do so.
    b.  Only one Champion allowed per manager at any given time.
    c.  Champions that graduate or are killed by another warrior or the Dark Arena, 
        may be replaced.
    d.  Champions must have fought at least one previous fight in the North Fork (DM47 
        arena) to be able to be declared a champion. 
    e.  A Champion can be declared on any round and point factors will begin that same 
        turn. (Must meet above 4 conditions prior to declaring.)
    f.  Challenges to or by Champions against members of the same alliance shall be 
        scored as a loss for each warrior.

     No warrior may be substituted without the proper use of the DA or arena death or 
death in a tournament or graduation. A maximum of five warriors may be on a team at 
any time. (The penalty for such substitution is -10 points.) 

     It is not in the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same 
alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors.

Downchallenges:
    a.  A downchallenge occurs when a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser 
        recognition points. 
    b.  No challenge or bloodfeud by The Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge. 
    c.  No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
    d.  Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges.

Tournament Considerations:
    a.  Tournament participation is allowed and ENCOURAGED as a great form of 
        recognition for North Fork.
    b.  It is an opportunity to gain skills and preferred challenging within the Turf 
        War.

Special Considerations:
    a.  Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points.
    b.  There will be NO alliance or team changes once the contest has begun.  If you 
        begin the Turf War with Alliance A, you must end the Turf War with Alliance A.  
        If you begin the Turf War with Team A, you must end the Turf War with Team A.
    c.  There will be a maximum of four (4) teams/managers allowed per alliance for 
        the Turf War VII. The minimum is two (2).
    d.  The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty.
    e.  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:
     The Turf War is meant to be a "winner takes all" contest.  All prizes, except the 
Endu Award listed below, and 100% of the Gift Certificates will be awarded to the 
Captain of the winning alliance at the end of the competition.  It is the 
responsibility of the Captain to distribute Gift Certificates.  
     Moderators will submit a list of each manager on the winning alliance to RSI at 
the completion of the contest for the non-Certificate prizes.
     All entry fees (rollup certs) are awarded to the winning alliance.  
     The following prizes have been secured from RSI:
        a.  Renaming of the North Fork (DM 47) arena;
        b.  Renaming of all Dark Arena Monsters 
        c.  Known Favorites for one DM47 warrior on each team of the winning alliance 
            (warrior must be ranked Initiate or above, must be alive, and must have at 
            least one DM47 arena fight to receive this award).
        d.  +1 Skill bonus (three) for each manager on the winning alliance.  Bonus 
            potions must be applied to living warriors from DM 47, no more than two 
            skills per warrior.
        e.  +1 Skill bonus potion (one) for each and every individual manager who 
            fights in all 10 rounds AND at least 45 fights of the Turf War.  Bonus 
            potion must be applied to a living warrior from (DM 47) (Endu Award).
        f.  Two additional random rollup sheets or rollup certs for each manager of 
            the winning alliance from RSI.
     These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderator for claiming from RSI (Lee) 
within 4 turns of the end of TW VI. 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.  Direct questions, comments, and scoring disputes via 
Diplo in DM 47, on the Duel2 site in the Forums/via private message, or via email to:  

                      DM 47 (Diplo)    Duel2 (PM/Forums)   Email 
     Oz:              Land of Oz       "The Consortium"    wfms101@aol.com
     Master Darque:   Darque Forces    "Darque"            rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com
     Assur:           Bash Bros Park   "Assur"             assurnasir@yahoo.com