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