DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 08/18/2015 Duedate: 08/31/2015 KATI-TEI ARENA DM-41 TURN-725 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS WHAT'S CRACKIN' LAZY SUNDAY (411) (41-4850) [10-3-0,79] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader WHAT'S CRACKIN' BRIMSTONE BURGER LAZY SUNDAY (411) HELL'S KITCHEN (435) (41-4850) [10-3-0,79] (41-4904) [1-0-0,14] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite MATTHEW PERRY CEYLON LAZY SUNDAY (411) TOWER OF SNAKES (423) (41-4784) [12-10-2,76] (41-4864) [8-1-0,67] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM LAZY SUNDAY (411) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. HELL'S KITCHEN (435) 45 2. I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) 23 LAZY SUNDAY (411) 3. LAZY SUNDAY (411) 21 Unchartered Team 4. OLD SCHOOL (368) 15 5. CALL ME JIMMY (425) 0 HELL'S KITCHEN (435) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1/ 0*HELL'S KITCHEN (435) 3 1 0 75.0 1/ 1 LAZY SUNDAY (411) 7 0 2 2/ 2 LAZY SUNDAY (411) 130 91 8 58.8 2/ 2 OLD SCHOOL (368) 7 3 2 3- 3 CALL ME JIMMY (425) 40 34 3 54.1 3/ 0*HELL'S KITCHEN (435) 3 1 0 4/ 4 OLD SCHOOL (368) 100 89 5 52.9 4/ 0 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) 1 0 0 5/ 0 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) 25 27 1 48.1 5/ 4 LAW OF TWO'S (427) 1 3 0 6/ 5 TOWER OF SNAKES (423) 43 68 1 38.7 6- 3 CALL ME JIMMY (425) 1 4 0 7/ 6 LAW OF TWO'S (427) 13 24 4 35.1 7/ 5 TOWER OF SNAKES (423) 1 7 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Hail and well met warriors of KATI-TEI! Know me for who I am, Zontani Sharp Eyes, Spymaster extraordinaire of all Alastari. A new guild, HELL'S KITCHEN, entered KATI-TEI with a clash this turn, showing off a 3-1-0 record. Indeed, a worthy addition to the city guilds. BEER WHISPERER caught the eye of many in the gladiatorial commission as it skillfully bested SPASTIC FITZ and was awarded 23 points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, BEER WHISPERER put down SPASTIC FITZ, causing him to lose 20 points of recognition in the process. Due to his absence and inability to defend the throne, BAKER'S DOZEN has lost the title of Duelmaster. The city has turned out in honor of WHAT'S CRACKIN', for with his arena victory he may now lay claim to the highest position in the city! Heed this! A seer has warned that if exactly 6 die in duels this week, the whole city shall perish! Just remember...5 or 7! Many and various are the arts of battle. In KATI-TEI "art" is a word that has long since passed from the language! Loose talk at the arena has reached my ears and it but confirms the knowledge that many fighters are after RUNNIK. Watch your back! What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his foe's mortality? Dark alleys may hide both secrets and assassins. In the arena there is only the brightness of steel. Keep vigil always! A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise manager learn the secrets of them all? More than a sharp eye must I keep, indeed a stout pair of legs must I keep as well! The endless paths of Alastari await me! Till next we meet remember: a fool flies into a rage quickly and often. The wise are angered by the same thing only once. Zontani Sharp Eyes DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WHAT'S CRACKIN' 4850 10 3 0 79 LAZY SUNDAY (411) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -BAKER'S DOZEN 4587 7 2 1 132 LAZY SUNDAY (411) -HOFFA 4768 11 6 1 95 CALL ME JIMMY (425) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WARRIOR PIZZA 4191 8 3 1 78 OLD SCHOOL (368) MATTHEW PERRY 4784 12 10 2 76 LAZY SUNDAY (411) CEYLON 4864 8 1 0 67 TOWER OF SNAKES (423) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME CUDDLY KAHLUA 4139 14 13 0 61 OLD SCHOOL (368) LORD BANE 4811 8 9 4 60 LAW OF TWO'S (427) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME BEER WHISPERER 4632 3 0 1 53 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) -HOFFA 4766 8 10 0 47 CALL ME JIMMY (425) -GOOGLE MAP 4889 3 0 0 38 LAZY SUNDAY (411) RUNNIK 4736 3 0 1 35 OLD SCHOOL (368) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SPASTIC FITZ 4189 5 2 0 32 OLD SCHOOL (368) RALPH? 4638 2 0 1 27 OLD SCHOOL (368) -HOFFA 4837 3 2 0 24 CALL ME JIMMY (425) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SANTA? 4537 3 1 0 23 I C DRUNK PEOPLE (352) BRIMSTONE BURGER 4904 1 0 0 14 HELL'S KITCHEN (435) MEPHISTO PESTO 4905 1 0 0 13 HELL'S KITCHEN (435) ROSEMARY'S BABYBACKS 4906 1 0 0 10 HELL'S KITCHEN (435) -DA1 4895 1 0 0 8 LAZY SUNDAY (411) -HOFFA 4884 0 1 0 1 CALL ME JIMMY (425) PUFF ADDER 4909 0 1 0 1 TOWER OF SNAKES (423) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? FRATSFAN NOBLE 0 0 0 RALPH? 4638 725 NONE HOFFA 4799 11 1 0 CALL ME JIMMY 425 BAKER'S DOZEN 4587 724 A 4907 0 1 0 HELL'S KITCHEN 435 SPYMASTER 725 NONE LORD COGNUS 4834 2 5 0 LAW OF TWO'S 427 RUNNIK 4736 725 THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? BASHER 4910 0 1 0 TOWER OF SNAKES 423 MOUNTAIN TROLL 725 NONE LUNGER 4911 0 1 0 TOWER OF SNAKES 423 SHEWISH GIANT 725 NONE PERSONAL ADS LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS LUNGER was butchered by SHEWISH GIANT in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight. BASHER was slaughtered by MOUNTAIN TROLL in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle. A was easily killed by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena match. CUDDLY KAHLUA was overpowered by MATTHEW PERRY in a 1 minute Challenge duel. WARRIOR PIZZA narrowly defeated CEYLON in a exciting 3 minute bloody Challenge fight. LORD COGNUS was butchered by RUNNIK in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge duel. LORD BANE was overpowered by WHAT'S CRACKIN' in a 1 minute mismatched Title brawl. SPASTIC FITZ was overpowered by BEER WHISPERER in a 1 minute uneven melee. RALPH? slaughtered FRATSFAN NOBLE in a 2 minute uneven duel. ROSEMARY'S BABYBACKS overpowered PUFF ADDER in a 1 minute uneven duel. MEPHISTO PESTO overpowered SHIFTYEYED VOLUNTEER in a 1 minute one-sided fight. BRIMSTONE BURGER handily defeated POLITE BEGGAR in a tiresome 3 minute one-sided bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 4 PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 0 - 1 100 | |BASHING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 7 - 1 61 | |LUNGING ATTACK 3 SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 5 - 0 58 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 20 - 15 - 0 57 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 5 - 4 - 0 56 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 STRIKING ATTACK 27 - 23 - 2 54 | |WALL OF STEEL 1 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 4 - 0 43 | |AIMED BLOW 0 AIMED BLOW 14 - 19 - 1 42 | |PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 - 0 0 | Turn 725 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-LUNGE 2 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 2 5 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 1 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 1 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 1 LUNGING ATTACK TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY 1 AIMED BLOW TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME BASHING ATTACK WHAT'S CRACKIN' 4850 10 3 0 79 LAZY SUNDAY (411) WALL OF STEEL WARRIOR PIZZA 4191 8 3 1 78 OLD SCHOOL (368) STRIKING ATTACK MATTHEW PERRY 4784 12 10 2 76 LAZY SUNDAY (411) LUNGING ATTACK CEYLON 4864 8 1 0 67 TOWER OF SNAKES (423) TOTAL PARRY CUDDLY KAHLUA 4139 14 13 0 61 OLD SCHOOL (368) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is MATTHEW PERRY 4784. The most popular warrior this turn was CEYLON 4864. The ten other most popular fighters were MATTHEW PERRY 4784, RALPH? 4638, WARRIOR PIZZA 4191, WHAT'S CRACKIN' 4850, BEER WHISPERER 4632, ROSEMARY'S BABYBACKS 4906, MEPHISTO PESTO 4905, CUDDLY KAHLUA 4139, RUNNIK 4736, and LUNGER 4911. The least popular fighter this week was BRIMSTONE BURGER 4904. The other ten least popular fighters were PUFF ADDER 4909, SPASTIC FITZ 4189, LORD BANE 4811, LORD COGNUS 4834, A 4907, BASHER 4910, LUNGER 4911, RUNNIK 4736, CUDDLY KAHLUA 4139, and MEPHISTO PESTO 4905. FACE-TO-FACE TOURNEY LV CONTENDERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME SKITZOID SNOOPY 2146 (59-36-0) 12 3 0 DA DOG POWNDAZ ALBINO DALMATION 1672 (81-73-3) 6 3 0 DA DOG POWNDAZ MOHNSOON MAYHEM 4444 (57-65-0) 0 5 0 THE STORM FRONT ADM TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME AFRICAN GREY 3317 (39-56-2) 2 3 0 BIRDS VENOM DECAY 4758 (14-6-0) 1 3 0 TOWER OF SNAKES FRESHMEN TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME FLYING PIG 4605 (40-9-0) 5 3 0 HELL FROZEN OVER PORTERHOUSE ARREST 4059 (49-32-1) 1 3 0 GLAD TO MEAT YOU CHALLENGERS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME DODO 4321 (10-9-0) 1 2 0 DEAD BIRDS CHAMPIONS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME HAMMERJACK 4285 (6-6-0) 2 3 0 WRECKING CREW BAKER'S DOZEN 4587 (6-2-0) 0 2 0 DEAD LAZY SUNDAY ADEPTS TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME BEER WHISPERER 4632 (2-0-1) 6 3 0 I C DRUNK PEOPLE HOFFA 4768 (10-6-1) 5 3 0 CALL ME JIMMY HOFFA 4766 (8-9-0) 3 3 0 CALL ME JIMMY LORD BANE 4811 (8-7-4) 1 3 0 LAW OF TWO'S INITIATES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME CEYLON 4864 (7-0-0) 2 3 0 TOWER OF SNAKES ORDINARY OSCAR 4860 (4-2-0) 1 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS FANTASTIC FOE 4861 (4-2-0) 0 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS RUTHLESS RANDY 4858 (5-1-0) 0 3 0 WEIRD STUDENTS APPRENTICES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME HOFFA 4837 (3-1-0) 1 3 0 CALL ME JIMMY ROOKIES TOURNEY W L K TEAM NAME OMEGA FORNACIS 4873 (0-0-0) 3 3 0 FORNAX DEATH ADDER 4893 (0-0-0) 2 3 0 DEAD TOWER OF SNAKES 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