DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 08/21/2015    Duedate: 09/03/2015

ZENSU ARENA

DM-40    TURN-728

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

TREE TRUNKS
ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
(40-4601) [13-5-0,109]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

CHOOSE GOOSE                   BAD BLAKE
ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)         BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
(40-4592) [12-2-1,112]         (40-4600) [6-3-0,55]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

GREAT WHITE FLOYD              BAD BLAKE
SEA OF FLOYD (405)             BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
(40-3967) [8-4-0,67]           (40-4600) [6-3-0,55]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)     25
2. SEA OF FLOYD (405)          20      ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
3. ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)       9      Unchartered Team
4. RANDOM (458)                 5
5. XCOM ALPHA (469)             0      BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*VENDETIAN QUATTRO (454)    1   0  0  100   1/ 2 ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)    6  0 0
 2/ 2 ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)    71  21  3 77.2   2/ 3 SEA OF FLOYD (405)        5  3 0
 3- 4 CSU COLLEGE RADIO (459)   40  23  1 63.5   3- 1 XCOM ALPHA (469)          5  5 0
 4- 5 XCOM ALPHA (469)          29  19  2 60.4   4/ 0*BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)   3  2 0
 5/ 0*BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)   20  16  2 55.6   5- 4 CSU COLLEGE RADIO (459)   2  2 0
 6/ 6 SEA OF FLOYD (405)        23  24  0 48.9   6- 5*VENDETIAN QUATTRO (454)   1  0 0
 7/ 0 RANDOM (458)              56  71  4 44.1   7/ 0 RANDOM (458)              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

     Greetings, Warriors of ZENSU.  Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to give 
you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport.  The boys at XCOM ALPHA 
left the arena dejected, after being kicked out of the top spot by ADVENTURE TIME 2.  
Good show!  BOTCHED & BUNGLED had cause to celebrate, after JACK LUCAS got 11 points 
by beating DUNCAN.  Win some, lose some.  Speaking of which, GREAT WHITE FLOYD was 
winsome, after beating VINCENT and seeing him lose 6 points.  TREE TRUNKS 
successfully staved off a grab for the roses by CONVICTED ASSASSIN of ZENSU.  Does 
ZENSU have no one talented enough to dethrone her?  Word has it one team in ZENSU is 
taking speech lessons to try to bore their opponent to death.  I'll bet it works.   
     And how sociable are ZENSU's warriors?  Come, let us see.   
     Is there life after death?  Pragmatics (and warriors) know there is death after 
life!  Questions are being raised about the disposing of severed body parts in the 
arena.  A certain tavern in ZENSU would I avoid!   
     Do not think spyreporting in ZENSU is the highlight of my life.  As if buffeted 
by forces of nature beyond my control, I must take my leave of this place.  Can 
anything compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for ZENSU?  On that giddy note 
I take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TREE TRUNKS 4601             13   5  0   109       ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-EARL OF LEMONGRAB 4564       10   7  1   121       ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
 CHOOSE GOOSE 4592            12   2  1   112       ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
-NANU NANU 4470               12   2  0    93       CSU COLLEGE RADIO (459)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-MARCELINE 4526                7   1  0    74       ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
-SOLO 4614                     8   5  0    72       XCOM ALPHA (469)
 RIPTIDE FLOYD 4520            7   1  0    70       SEA OF FLOYD (405)
 GREAT WHITE FLOYD 3967        8   4  0    67       SEA OF FLOYD (405)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TOMBSTONE 4642                6   0  2    57       XCOM ALPHA (469)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 BAD BLAKE 4600                6   3  0    55       BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
-NIGHTMARE GARCIA 4610         7   3  0    52       XCOM ALPHA (469)
-FISHY FLOYD 3966              3   3  0    52       SEA OF FLOYD (405)
-BEEMO 4506                    4   0  0    50       ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
 VINCENT 4598                  5   4  0    42       BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
 TOM FRIEND 4596               6   3  2    36       BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-BOMBAY BIKE CLUB 4518         4   3  0    33       CSU COLLEGE RADIO (459)
-DA1 4651                      3   3  0    29       XCOM ALPHA (469)
 JOKER 4627                    3   1  0    27       RANDOM (458)
-BOULDER 4514                  2   2  0    25       CSU COLLEGE RADIO (459)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ALPHA REV 4519                3   1  1    23       CSU COLLEGE RADIO (459)
-LINGUINE CARBONARA 4429       1   0  0    22       VENDETIAN QUATTRO (454)
 JACK LUCAS 4625               2   3  0    19       BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
 BIG Z. 4599                   1   0  0    10       BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
 DUNCAN 4632                   2   2  0     8       RANDOM (458)
-STUNNING HOPE 4662            1   2  0     5       XCOM ALPHA (469)
 HELL ON HEELS 4673            0   1  0     1       RANDOM (458)
-LUCKY LOU 4659                0   1  0     1       RANDOM (458)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?
CPT. TOURIST 4685       0  1 0 SEA OF FLOYD 405     STONE GOLEM           728  NONE
FLOYD AHOY! 4530        0  1 0 SEA OF FLOYD 405     WURM KIN              728  NONE

                                     PERSONAL ADS

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

FLOYD AHOY! was butchered by WURM KIN in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
CPT. TOURIST was butchered by STONE GOLEM in a 2 minute Dark Arena duel.
TREE TRUNKS demolished CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a 1 minute one-sided Title melee.
CHOOSE GOOSE overpowered KHALHUMS DWARF in a 2 minute bloody mismatched duel.
GREAT WHITE FLOYD overpowered VINCENT in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
RIPTIDE FLOYD bested BAD BLAKE in a action packed 5 minute brawl.
TOM FRIEND overpowered CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
JACK LUCAS bested DUNCAN in a popular 3 minute competition.
JOKER handily defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven melee.
BIG Z. vanquished HELL ON HEELS in a 1 minute one-sided duel.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         TOTAL PARRY        4 -   0 -  0     100  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  3         AIMED BLOW        24 -   8 -  2      75  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  3         PARRY-RIPOSTE     13 -   6 -  0      68  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    2         LUNGING ATTACK    12 -   6 -  0      67  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         PARRY-LUNGE        2 -   2 -  1      50  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      1         SLASHING ATTACK    6 -   8 -  1      43  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         BASHING ATTACK     4 -   7 -  0      36  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-STRIKE       2 -   6 -  0      25  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         WALL OF STEEL      1 -   3 -  0      25  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    0         STRIKING ATTACK    2 -   9 -  0      18  |

Turn 728 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     SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  2         2  PARRY-RIPOSTE  
PARRY-RIPOSTE      2 -  0     PARRY-LUNGE        0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
TOTAL PARRY        1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  LUNGING ATTACK 
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  3         1  WALL OF STEEL  
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  SLASHING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  0         1  PARRY-STRIKE   
                                                                1  TOTAL PARRY    
                                                                1  STRIKING ATTACK

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
PARRY-RIPOSTE    TREE TRUNKS 4601           13   5  0  109 ADVENTURE TIME 2 (434)
TOTAL PARRY      RIPTIDE FLOYD 4520          7   1  0   70 SEA OF FLOYD (405)
LUNGING ATTACK   GREAT WHITE FLOYD 3967      8   4  0   67 SEA OF FLOYD (405)
STRIKING ATTACK  BAD BLAKE 4600              6   3  0   55 BOTCHED & BUNGLED (467)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is GREAT WHITE FLOYD 3967.  The most popular warrior 
this turn was BAD BLAKE 4600.  The ten other most popular fighters were RIPTIDE FLOYD 
4520, JACK LUCAS 4625, DUNCAN 4632, CPT. TOURIST 4685, CHOOSE GOOSE 4592, GREAT WHITE 
FLOYD 3967, TOM FRIEND 4596, JOKER 4627, BIG Z. 4599, and TREE TRUNKS 4601.

The least popular fighter this week was HELL ON HEELS 4673.  The other ten least 
popular fighters were FLOYD AHOY! 4530, VINCENT 4598, TREE TRUNKS 4601, BIG Z. 4599, 
JOKER 4627, TOM FRIEND 4596, GREAT WHITE FLOYD 3967, CHOOSE GOOSE 4592, CPT. TOURIST 
4685, and DUNCAN 4632.

   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