DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date   : 01/08/2013    Duedate: 01/21/2013

KATI-TEI ARENA

DM-41    TURN-657

This Weeks Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DANCING SHADOW
WANDERERS (329)
(41-4520) [20-25-0,102]

Chartered Recognition Leader   Unchartered Recognition Leader

DANCING SHADOW                 MAGNOLIA
WANDERERS (329)                LAZY SUNDAY (411)
(41-4520) [20-25-0,102]        (41-4586) [3-0-0,44]

Popularity Leader              This Weeks Favorite

DANCING SHADOW                 ARSENAL
WANDERERS (329)                FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
(41-4520) [20-25-0,102]        (41-4635) [4-0-0,36]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

FLAGG'S FIVE (170)

          TEAMS ON THE MOVE            TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name                  Point Gain  Chartered Team
1. LAZY SUNDAY (411)           27
2. FLAGG'S FIVE (170)          21      FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
3. WANDERERS (329)              4      Unchartered Team
4. DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)         0
5. DAN'S TEAM (262)             0      LAZY SUNDAY (411)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record           W   L  K    %  Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns    W  L K
 1- 1*DAN'S TEAM (262)           1   0  0  100   1/ 1 FLAGG'S FIVE (170)       12  2 0
 2- 2 LADY OF THE MOON (330)    60  34  3 63.8   2/ 2 WANDERERS (329)           5 10 0
 3/ 3 FLAGG'S FIVE (170)        88  52  4 62.9   3- 3 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)      2  1 0
 4/ 4*LAZY SUNDAY (411)          8   5  0 61.5   4/ 5*LAZY SUNDAY (411)         2  2 0
 5- 5*RAGEBOURNE (414)           7   6  1 53.8   5- 6*DAN'S TEAM (262)          1  0 0
 6- 6 DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)     411 361 28 53.2   6- 7 LADY OF THE MOON (330)    1  0 0
 7/ 8 WANDERERS (329)          831 898 17 48.1   7- 9*HELL FROZEN OVER (412)    1  1 0
 8- 9*HELL FROZEN OVER (412)     1   2  0 33.3   8- 4*RAGEBOURNE (414)          1  2 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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                          ---===ANDORIAN REGIONAL NEWS===---

                                     Duelmasters
                                     -----------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 356): PORT-A-FORTRESS of THE CHOSEN (?, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 714): FENCHURCH of THE HITCHHIKERS (Deep Thought, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 714): MARIA of WU-TANG FOREVER (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 699): MEDAN QUIZZAR of MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 701): SERGEANT 4 of MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 698): FLAT TIRE of BAS BROS CAR (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 695): SCALES of SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 696): PANAMA JACK of ALL JACKED UP (Pat Sajak, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 659): PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM of ADVENTURE TIME 2 (The Muffin Man)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 656): FDNY of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 647): UNCLE JUNIOR of FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 304): GLOATING GARDINIA of FLOWER GIRLS (Lady Fern, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 541): KUNG PAO KOLACTAN of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 257): SINCEMILLA of WRATHMEN XIV (Kharadmon, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 599): KHRISTOPHER of WRATHMEN (Kharadmon, mgr.)

                                      Top Teams
                                      ---------
 DM   8 ARKERS (turn 356): MIDDLE WAY 11 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 714): COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 714): WU-TANG FOREVER (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  22 SOLVEN (turn 699): MIDDLE WAY 15 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  24 ZORPUNT (turn 701): MEDAL OF HONOR Z3 (The Anarchist, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 698): THE MIDDLE WAY 4 (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  26 CALEAM (turn 695): SERPENTS HOLD (Khisanth, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 696): LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 659): RANDOM (Papa Bear, mgr.)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 656): FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  46 ARDIVENT (turn 647): FANDILS (Wise Old Fandil, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 304): BASH BROS ROAD SIGN (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 541): WAYFARERS (Jorja, mgr.)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 257): PIZZA TOPPINGS (?, mgr.)
ADM 105 ANDORAK (turn 599): SUPERIOR FORCES (Manager, mgr.)

                                   Recent Graduates
                                   ----------------
 DM  11 ARUAK CITY (turn 714): YELLOW BELLY of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
                   (turn 713): RED-EYE of COLORIFIC (Purple People Eater, mgr.)
 DM  14 TOBIR (turn 713): REUNITED of WU-TANG FOREVER (Howlin' Wolf, mgr.)
 DM  25 LYRATILAN (turn 698): FLAT TIRE of BAS BROS CAR (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
 DM  30 IAYE (turn 695): SENATOR SMITH of LENPROS (Lenpro, mgr.)
 DM  40 ZENSU (turn 659): PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM of ADVENTURE TIME 2 (The Muffin Man)
 DM  41 KATI-TEI (turn 655): JEHAN of FLAGG'S FIVE (Flagg, mgr.)
 DM  52 FRATSFA (turn 303): JASMIN of JADE WARRIORS (Brandon Massingale, mgr.)
                            LI KUI of WAH CHING (Pec Killer, mgr.)
 DM  63 AMEN-TEI (turn 541): KUNG PAO KOLACTAN of SHEWISH BUFFET (One Armed Bandit)
 DM  71 KYR'TERR (turn 256): DANNY HEATLEY of OTTAWA SENATORS (Crip, mgr.)

                                      SPY REPORT

     Like the magnificent Sun, rising upon the Dawn and exiling the Night for a Day, 
I, Novgorodny Vir, return once again!  Those betting on RAGEBOURNE lost their shirt, 
as RAGEBOURNE lost their fighting abilities:  0-0-0.  Practice pays for MAGNOLIA, who 
pummelled RAMBLING ROSE, to pocket 20 points.  DUSTY MILLER certainly had a baffled 
expression on his face, after losing to BIPOX and losing 13 points in the process!  
What can be a greater victory?  DANCING SHADOW has taken his place as the top, as 
KATI-TEI's new Duelmaster.  Word has it one team in KATI-TEI is using psychics to 
predict wins.  They lead a charmed life!   
     A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn?  And do not the 
little birds cry out?'  Any ideas?  Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and 
WANDERING SHADE is it right now.  Most challenged warrior.  Isn't WANDERERS proud!  
Them's the breaks, WANDERING SHADE.  Expecting fair challenges from FLAGG'S FIVE is 
evidently too much to ask.  ARSENAL beat WANDERING SHADE with a point difference of 
16.  So this is what KATI-TEI calls a duel.  This will make an interesting tale.   
     Ah, the duel!  The roar of the oppenent, the smell of the crowd!  Ask not for 
whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.   
     Leave me now, you base fools!  More important duties call me.  Can anything 
compare to the pleasure of writing Spyreports for KATI-TEI?  On that giddy note I 
take my leave-- Novgorodny Vir  

DUELMASTER                     W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 DANCING SHADOW 4520          20  25  0   102       WANDERERS (329)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LAVO VAUGN 1892              17   6  0    94       FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
-DIANA 3674                   11   7  1    93       LADY OF THE MOON (330)

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 FDNY 3887                    15   8  1    86       FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
-HECATE 3741                   8   6  0    74       LADY OF THE MOON (330)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-TRIPLE DAWG DARE 4535        12   8  0    66       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-ANNA MAHL LAY 4553            8   5  0    46       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
 MAGNOLIA 4586                 3   0  0    44       LAZY SUNDAY (411)
 RAMBLING ROSE 4572            9  14  1    42       WANDERERS (329)
 ARSENAL 4635                  4   0  0    36       FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
-BONEDANCER 4623               5   2  1    35       RAGEBOURNE (414)

CHALLENGER INITIATES           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 4584        3   0  0    32       LAZY SUNDAY (411)
-SKITZOID SNOOPY 2140          1   1  0    26       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
-DOUBLE TRUE 4585              2   0  0    25       LAZY SUNDAY (411)

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-FLYING PIG 4605               1   2  0    23       HELL FROZEN OVER (412)
-PRIME TIME POOCH 4564         4   3  0    22       DA DOG POWNDAZ (111)
 BIPOX 3950                    2   2  0    19       FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
 MAN UNITED 4641               1   0  0    15       FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
 WANDERING SHADE 4627          3   5  0    14       WANDERERS (329)
-DONKEY 4591                   1   0  0    13       LADY OF THE MOON (330)
-TINKLE 3150                   1   0  0    12       DAN'S TEAM (262)
 DUSTY MILLER 4634             2   3  0     9       WANDERERS (329)
 FALLENTREE 4633               1   5  0     8       WANDERERS (329)
-ONDO 4628                     1   2  0     5       RAGEBOURNE (414)
-STEAMBEAST 4621               1   1  0     4       RAGEBOURNE (414)

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

THE DEAD                W  L K TEAM NAME            SLAIN BY              TURN Revenge?

                                     PERSONAL ADS

     Hot Flash!  The Face-to-Face Tourney will be in the 18th, 19th, and 20th of this
     month.  Get your strategies in by the 17th, please and thank you.

Lavo Vaugn -- Right, it was luck and nothing but.  Still, I'd rather have won mysefl.
Oh, well. -- Dancing Shadow

Arsenal -- Darned dwarves. -- Wandering Shade

Flying Pig -- I was going for the "pulled pork" effect. -- Rambling Rose

Bipox -- What kind of an ox is a bip ox?  No, wait!  I don't want to know. --
Fallentree

Cool!  At least I can trust the Trustworthy Scribe to lose when he should. -- Dusty
Miller

                                  LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

ARSENAL devastated WANDERING SHADE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
BIPOX unbelievably bested DUSTY MILLER in a 3 minute beginner's Challenge battle.
FDNY was defeated by DANCING SHADOW in a crowd pleasing 1 minute master's Title duel.
LAVO VAUGN defeated VIRGINAL CONCUBINE in a crowd pleasing 3 minute veteran's fight.
RAMBLING ROSE was vanquished by MAGNOLIA in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
GHOST LIKE SWAYZE overpowered FALLENTREE in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
MAN UNITED overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a 1 minute uneven melee.

                                    BATTLE REPORT

             MOST POPULAR                        RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS     
|FIGHTING STYLE               FIGHTS        FIGHTING STYLE     W -   L -  K   PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK                   4         AIMED BLOW        11 -   2 -  0      85  |
|TOTAL PARRY                      3         SLASHING ATTACK   10 -   2 -  1      83  |
|AIMED BLOW                       1         LUNGING ATTACK    18 -  14 -  2      56  |
|SLASHING ATTACK                  1         PARRY-STRIKE       1 -   1 -  0      50  |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE                    1         TOTAL PARRY       11 -  12 -  0      48  |
|STRIKING ATTACK                  1         WALL OF STEEL      6 -   8 -  0      43  |
|WALL OF STEEL                    1         PARRY-RIPOSTE      4 -   6 -  0      40  |
|PARRY-LUNGE                      0         STRIKING ATTACK    4 -   9 -  0      31  |
|PARRY-STRIKE                     0         PARRY-LUNGE        0 -   0 -  0       0  |
|BASHING ATTACK                   0         BASHING ATTACK     0 -   4 -  0       0  |

Turn 657 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-LUNGE        0 -  0         5  LUNGING ATTACK 
SLASHING ATTACK    1 -  0     PARRY-STRIKE       0 -  0         2  AIMED BLOW     
LUNGING ATTACK     3 -  1     PARRY-RIPOSTE      0 -  1         1  TOTAL PARRY    
TOTAL PARRY        2 -  1     STRIKING ATTACK    0 -  1         1  PARRY-LUNGE    
                              BASHING ATTACK     0 -  0         1  STRIKING ATTACK
                              WALL OF STEEL      0 -  1         1  PARRY-RIPOSTE  

                               TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE   WARRIOR                     W   L  K PNTS TEAM NAME                  
TOTAL PARRY      LAVO VAUGN 1892            17   6  0   94 FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
LUNGING ATTACK   FDNY 3887                  15   8  1   86 FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
AIMED BLOW       ARSENAL 4635                4   0  0   36 FLAGG'S FIVE (170)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DANCING SHADOW 4520.  The most popular warrior this 
turn was ARSENAL 4635.  The ten other most popular fighters were DUSTY MILLER 4634, 
DANCING SHADOW 4520, LAVO VAUGN 1892, GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 4584, FDNY 3887, MAGNOLIA 
4586, MAN UNITED 4641, WANDERING SHADE 4627, BIPOX 3950, and RAMBLING ROSE 4572.

The least popular fighter this week was FALLENTREE 4633.  The other ten least popular 
fighters were RAMBLING ROSE 4572, BIPOX 3950, WANDERING SHADE 4627, MAN UNITED 4641, 
MAGNOLIA 4586, FDNY 3887, GHOST LIKE SWAYZE 4584, LAVO VAUGN 1892, DANCING SHADOW 
4520, and DUSTY MILLER 4634.

                           AVOIDS, BLOODFEUDS, & CHALLENGES

                                       by Pagan

     Ever wonder how the whole challenge/avoid thing works?
     Who you fight depends on exactly how it works.  We will never know exactly how it 
works unless we can get a look at the coding for the program, but this is how I think 
it works:

The Situation:
     The system allows a warrior to make two separate challenges and two distinct 
avoids.
     Avoids are distinct in that they MUST indicate a specific team to be avoided, so 
a "double avoid" indicates a single team twice, which by default means you are 
avoiding one team.  In this case, the second avoid is a duplicate and therefore a 
waste of an avoid.
     Challenges are to specific warriors.  You have a first challenge, and then you 
have a second challenge.

The Process:
     First the computer removes all Dark Arena challengers from the list of available 
warriors.
     Second, the computer checks for WHO fights WHO by going though all TVs and 
bloodfeuds, which are 100% sure to go through except in four instances:
     1. the warrior challenged does not fight,
     2. the warrior challenged is also making a bloodfeud or TV challenge and that 
challenge has already been assigned,
     3. the warrior has already been assigned to a Dark Arena fight,
     4. that warrior has declared your team to be one of his warrior's avoids, 
reducing your challenge to 50%.
     Third, the computer assesses all the regular first-challenge warriors and assigns 
fights.  All other challenges are at 100% chance of success except in a few instances:  
warrior challenged is going to the DA, warrior challenged is involved in a previously 
assigned challenge, warrior challenged is not running this turn, or warrior challenged 
has avoided your team at 50% chance to avoid.
     Fourth, the computer assesses and assigns all secondary challenges of warriors 
not so far assigned for bloodfeuds and TVs.
     Fifth, the computer assesses and assigns all the regular second challenges.
     Sixth, the computer assigns random matchups in each available class starting with 
the highest class first.
     Seventh, the computer finds the remaining warriors that have successfully avoided 
all first and second challenges and/or who also did not get randomly assigned, AND for 
whom no more available warriors remain in their class for random pairing.  All of 
these warriors get RSI-generated warriors to fight based on their class.
     So, if I'm right and avoids reduce the chance for a challenge to 50%, then:
     In the absence of an avoid
          single challenge = 100% success
          double challenge = 100% success, then an additional 100% success
     Where an avoid is involved
          single challenge vs avoid = 50% success
          double challenge vs avoid = 75% (chance to avoid is 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25; 1 - 
0.25 = 75% chance to succeed

     Bloodfeuds and TVs may increase the percentage chance of success above 100%, or 
they may not.  I feel that their increased ability to get through is based solely on 
the way the computer assigns challenges.  They are first, so they are most likely to 
go through.  The 100% chance for a challenge to succeed is 100% if it's a TV bloodfeud 
and you are the first one to get assigned a fight that day because you are also the 
Duelmaster.  But after that the chances start to diminish rapidly.
     The run-through for second challenges theoretically means your challenge should 
be 100% but it's not the case if you are the LAST guy the computer goes to for finding 
challenges.
     If you don't double challenge, you significantly lower your chance to get your 
challenge through.  The second challenge is not equal to the first challenge.

Pagan