DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 06/15/2018    Duedate: 07/12/2018

XOCHITHLAN ARENA

DM-39    TURN-377

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DAISY DUCK
DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
(39-4150) [12-8-1,101]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DAISY DUCK                     POSITION IS EMPTY
DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)          
(39-4150) [12-8-1,101]         

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

COLLYWOBBLES                   DUCK DYNASTY
BOOK OF THOMAS (479)           DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
(39-4170) [16-13-1,77]         (39-4168) [9-3-0,93]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BASH BROS BABY (461)        40
2. DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)       37      DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
3. BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)        0      Unchartered Team
4. ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)         0
5. WORLD BLADES 8 (466)       -10      VAMPIRE JUNCTION (59)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1/ 1 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)    265 180 15 59.6   1/ 3 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)     6  2 0
 2- 2 BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)     37  27  1 57.8   2/ 2 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)      6  8 2
 3/ 3 BASH BROS BABY (461)     108  87  7 55.4   3- 1 BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)     5  5 0
 4/ 4 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)      83  74 10 52.9   4- 4 ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)      4  5 1
 5- 5 ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)     137 134 10 50.6   5/ 6 BASH BROS BABY (461)      3  6 0
 6/ 6 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)      18  24  0 42.9   6/ 5 WORLD BLADES 8 (466)      1  2 0

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

                                      SPY REPORT

     It is I, Novgorodny Vir, Spymaster of Spymasters.  Look on my work, ye mighty, 
and despair!  BIG LAKE LUMBER?  Who?  DUCKS UNLIMITED is the top team these days, 
buddies!  Practice pays for BROKEN TOY, who pummelled RIRORNI WOMAN, to pocket 20 
points.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, DOESN'T SLEEP was winsome, after 
beating FERNANDO and seeing him lose 10 points.  What can be a greater victory?  
DAISY DUCK has taken hers place as the top, as XOCHITHLAN's new Duelmaster.  Word has 
it one team in XOCHITHLAN is using psychics to predict wins.  They lead a charmed 
life!   
     So much to report, so little time!  Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the 
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of BOOK OF THOMAS, alone and unchallenged.  The 
warriors of BOOK OF THOMAS found their efforts at combat frustrated as DUCKS 
UNLIMITED apparently had more important things to do than fight.  Everyone is famous 
for fifteen minutes, and DUCK DYNASTY is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  
Isn't DUCKS UNLIMITED proud!   
     Like the wind whispering among the pines, do hearest I many disquieting rumors.  
Like a tattered, worn-out, faded, out-of-fashion garment cast out to rot, 
STRATOSPHERE of BOOK OF THOMAS has been summarily sent to the Dark Arena.  Ask not 
for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Do not think spyreporting in XOCHITHLAN is the highlight of my life.  More 
important duties call me.  XOCHITHLAN, I leave you now.  The Duelmaster has agreed to 
foot my bill at The Welcome Wench.  'Til next time-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DAISY DUCK 4150              12   8  1   101       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EUNUCH 4097                  17   9  0    93       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
 DUCK DYNASTY 4168             9   3  0    93       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MANILA 3923                   5   3  0    80       WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
 COLLYWOBBLES 4170            16  13  1    77       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 DIAMOND DUST 4198            13   8  1    77       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 OLD GLORY 4199               14   7  5    69       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BRUNEI 3924                   8   6  0    66       WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
 DOESN'T SLEEP 4182           15   8  0    62       BASH BROS BABY (461)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BRAIN STOEN 4204              8   2  0    54       BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)
-PROPHESLICE 4201              7   6  1    54       ANYWAYUSLICEIT (475)
 FERNANDO 4050                 5   7  0    44       WORLD BLADES 8 (466)
-TORY TOTZKE 4216              3   1  1    44       BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)
-JULIE MEIS 4217               5   3  0    36       BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-PAHM LEIER 4207               5   8  0    25       BIG LAKE LUMBER (483)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BROKEN TOY 4238               1   0  0    20       BASH BROS BABY (461)
 ROCK ROSE 4234                1   1  0    17       BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
 DUCK OF DOOM 4223             1   1  0    16       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
-DONALD DUCK 4225              1   0  0     9       DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
RIRORNI JANISSAR        0  0 0                      OLD GLORY 4199        377  NONE
MISSING ST ANIMA 4239   0  1 0 BASH BROS BABY 461   SWAMP TROLL           377  NONE
MAWRIE RAWSH 4153       9  6 0 BIG LAKE LUMBER 483  DIAMOND DUST 4198     376   
STRATOSPHERE 4197      11  9 1 BOOK OF THOMAS 479   WOOD GOLEM            377  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

STRATOSPHERE was butchered by WOOD GOLEM in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
MISSING ST ANIMAL was dispatched by SWAMP TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
DIAMOND DUST was demolished by DAISY DUCK in a 1 minute uneven Title fight.
DUCK DYNASTY viciously subdued COLLYWOBBLES in a exciting 5 minute veteran's fight.
OLD GLORY butchered RIRORNI JANISSARY in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
DOESN'T SLEEP devastated FERNANDO in a 1 minute mismatched match.
DUCK OF DOOM was overcome by ROCK ROSE in a 2 minute gruesome fight.
BROKEN TOY vanquished RIRORNI WOMAN 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|
|BASHING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY        8 -   3 -  0      73  |
|AIMED BLOW                       2         PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -   1 -  0      67  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     2         LUNGING ATTACK    15 -   9 -  1      63  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         BASHING ATTACK    27 -  25 -  5      52  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         AIMED BLOW        11 -  11 -  0      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         STRIKING ATTACK    7 -   7 -  1      50  |
|LUNGING ATTACK                   1         PARRY-STRIKE      10 -  12 -  1      45  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         SLASHING ATTACK    2 -   4 -  0      33  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   1 -  0       0  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         WALL OF STEEL      0 -   1 -  0       0  |

Turn 377 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         0 -  2         3  BASHING ATTACK 
STRIKING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  2         2  PARRY-STRIKE   
BASHING ATTACK     3 -  1     LUNGING ATTACK     0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
                              SLASHING ATTACK    0 -  0         1  LUNGING ATTACK 
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                                                                1  AIMED BLOW     

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    DAISY DUCK 4150            12   8  1  101 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
TOTAL PARRY      DUCK DYNASTY 4168           9   3  0   93 DUCKS UNLIMITED (143)
AIMED BLOW       COLLYWOBBLES 4170          16  13  1   77 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
PARRY-STRIKE     DIAMOND DUST 4198          13   8  1   77 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
BASHING ATTACK   OLD GLORY 4199             14   7  5   69 BOOK OF THOMAS (479)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is COLLYWOBBLES 4170.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was DUCK DYNASTY 4168.  The ten other most popular fighters were ROCK ROSE 4234, 
DAISY DUCK 4150, COLLYWOBBLES 4170, DIAMOND DUST 4198, OLD GLORY 4199, DOESN'T SLEEP 
4182, BROKEN TOY 4238, MISSING ST ANIMAL 4239, DUCK OF DOOM 4223, and STRATOSPHERE 
4197.

The least popular fighter this week was FERNANDO 4050.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were STRATOSPHERE 4197, DUCK OF DOOM 4223, MISSING ST ANIMAL 4239, BROKEN 
TOY 4238, DOESN'T SLEEP 4182, OLD GLORY 4199, DIAMOND DUST 4198, COLLYWOBBLES 4170, 
DAISY DUCK 4150, and ROCK ROSE 4234.

               NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)

For those of you who keep track of such things, one additional warrior graduated from 
regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. 

                   STOMP THIS! (82-22961) of ALL YOU ZOMBIES (3660)
                     SURGEON WARPATH (84-14457) of 060310U (2539)

Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes

                  TURF WAR XI EXTRAVAGANZA(TWIXIE)RULES (Rev 6-3-18)

                           (Estimated start T398, OCT 2018)

               Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47) arena.

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 must:

    1.  Announce as Captain of an alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. (List 
        teams and managers in the three-team alliance. (Also designate alliance name.)
    2.  Announce in the newsletter which Captain/alliance your team is joining.
    3.  Announcements made on the D2 Forums or elsewhere will not be accepted.

Captains are responsible for:

    1.  Announcing, in the North Fork newsletter, those who are a part of their 
        alliance. Both Manager announcement and Captain announcement/confirmation are 
        required.
    2.  Distribution of certs should your alliance win the Turf War.
    3.  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:

    1.  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.)
    2.  Announce an intent to compete with their manager name, team name, and alliance 
        they will join in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter
    3.  Announcement made on the D2 Forums or Chatzy will not be accepted.

No alliance 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.             

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 three teams, this would mean the 
remaining alliance/alliance members 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.)Clarifying: All teams MUST show up in the NL just prior to the 
first TW turn to be allowed to score in the first TW round. Teams do not have to run 
that turn prior to TW-T1, but will have had to run shortly before to allow their 
warriors to be visible in the newsletter just prior to TW-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, and Gift Certificate 
received.

No declarations or confirmations 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.)

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 -10 points.) 

SCORING will be as follows:

*  Only top two base score teams score/count per round per alliance.
*  Top one base score team per alliance scores twice (double).
*  Lowest team base score per alliance gets a ?pass? and does not score.
*  Team is disqualified for round scoring if fighting less than 5 fights. 
   (Exception:The turn after a Mailer or FTF where a death occurred to a TW 
   team/manager, the manager may fight only four and be scored. If multiple deaths, 
   then multiple ?non fight? exemptions occur for that turn after the tournament.)
*  If a team is disqualified from scoring, the remaining top one base score team 
   scores double and the lowest team gets a ?pass? and does not score.
*  If two disqualified teams occur, the third team cannot score double and only scores 
   single.

BASE SCORING =    W = +2       L = -1      K = +1       Death = 0  

Those scores are the same for match ups, up or down challenges, NPC matches, 
or Dark Arena fights. With these exceptions:

--- Each warrior is limited to two DA matches during the TW. A 3rd and subsequent DA 
    fight during the TW shall be scored at -5 points (win or lose.)
--- Alliance Match Up scored = 0 for each warrior. Kill point disallowed.
--- Intra Alliance Challenge scored = -1 for each warrior; no kill points may score.  
    (It is not the spirit of competition to challenge fellow members of the same 
    alliance. Hence, challenges as such will be scored as losses for both warriors 
    with no kill points awarded.)

First 6 rounds scores 1x.
End of round 6, top alliance adds 6 points. 2nd adds 4, 3rd adds 2, 4th adds 1.
Rounds 7 thru 9 scores 2x.
Final round 10 scores 3x.

Tournament Considerations:

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

Special Considerations:

    1.  Each alliance begins the Turf War with zero (0) points.
    2.  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.
    3.  There will be a maximum of three (3) teams/managers allowed per alliance for 
        the Turf War VII. The minimum is three (3).
    4.  The Dark Arena may be used without penalty.(Limit twice per warrior.)
    5.  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 near "winner takes all" contest. It is the 
responsibility of the Captain of the winning alliance to distribute Gift Certificates.  
Moderators will submit a list of each manager winner to RSI at the completion of the 
contest for the non-Certificate and RSI awarded prizes, to then be claimed by the 
manager from RSI Customer Service within 6 months.

    *  Winning alliance gets 90% of the pooled certs.
    *  Individual Team with most wins in 10 rounds gets 10% of the pooled certs.
    *  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.)
    *  Winning alliance captain may choose two (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 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 replacement)
    *  2nd place alliance captain may choose one (each manager/team receives same 
       prize as chosen by captain)
       - Favorite weapon (warrior must have fought in the TW)
       - Favorite rhythm (warrior must have participated in TW)
       - Free stat raise
    *  Participation Award to all teams/managers who fight 46 min fights (of 50):  
       2 skills (to one warrior)

These RSI awards will be listed by the Moderators within two weeks of round ten for 
individual claiming from RSI within 4 turns of the end of TWX. 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

Addendum: 
Examples of scoring for clarification.
Code = win-loss-kill-death   (W = +2  L = -1  K = +1  Death = 0) 

Example #1:
Team A goes 2-3-0-0 (points = +4-3+0-0 = +1)
Team B goes 3-2-1-0 (points = +6-2+1-0 = +5)
Team C goes 2-3-2-0 (points = +4-3+2-0 = +3)
Team B top score, scores twice 2x+5 (+10)
Team A lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team C, then, scores normal at (+3)
Alliance Score = 10 + 3 = +13

Example #2:
Team A goes 4-0-1-0 (points = +8-0+1-0 = +9)
Team B goes 3-2-0-0 (points = +6-2+0-0 = +4)
Team C goes 2-3-0-0 (points = +4-3+0-0 = +1)
Team A is disqualified from scoring having not fought five fights.
If a team is disqualified, then the top remaining team scores double while the lowest 
remaining score gets a ?pass?.
Team B top remaining score, scores twice = 2 x +4 (+8)
Team C lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Alliance Score = 8

Example #3
Team A goes 4-1-1-0 (points +8-1+1+0 = +8) 
However, Team A fought the DA for the 3rd time = -5.
Team A adjusted to (+8-1=1=0-5 = +3)
Team B goes 1-4+0-0 (points +2-4+0-0 = -2)
Team C goes 1-4+1-0 (points +2-4+1-0 = -1)
Team A top score, scores twice 2x+3 (+6)
Team B lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team C, then, scores normal at (-1)
Alliance score = +6-1 = +5

Example #4
Team A goes 1-4-0-0 (points = +2-4+0-0 = -2)
Team B goes 1-4-0-0 (points = +2-4+0-0 = -2)
Team C goes 0-5-0-0 (points = +0-5+0-0 = -5)
Team A or B is top score and scores twice 2x-2 = -4
Team C lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team B, then, scores normal at (-2)
Alliance score = -4-2 = -6

Example #5
Team A goes 3-2-0 with a winning match-up with Team B alliance mate.
Team B goes 2-3-1-0 with a winning and killing challenge to Team C alliance mate.
Team B also lost the alliance match-up with Team A.
Team C goes 1-4-0-1 having been killed in a challenge from alliance mate Team B
Team A points normally = +6-2+0-0 = +4, but one win was an alliance match-up which 
scores as 0, hence score = +4-2+0-0 = +2
Team B points normally = +4-3+1-0 = +2, but one loss was an alliance match up which 
counts as 0, and one winning kill was an intra alliance challenge which the win counts 
as -1 and the kill is negated. Hence Team B score = +1-2+0-0 = -1
Team C points normally = +2-4+0-0 = -2; with one loss and kill coming from an intra 
alliance challenge, but the IAC (intra alliance challenge) scores (-1)the same as a 
loss and there are no points scored for being killed, the +2-4+0-0 = (-2) stands.
Team A top score, scores twice 2x+2 (+4)
Team C lowest score, does not score and gets a pass.
Team B, then, scores normal at (-1)
Alliance score = +4-1 = +3

Remember: (W = +2  L = -1  K = +1  Death = 0) 
It only gets complicated with intra alliance match-ups (IAMs) and intra alliance 
challenges. (IACs)