DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 10/05/2022 Duedate: 11/01/2022
STORMCROWE ARENA
DM-45 TURN-455
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
PANIC ROOM
YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
(45-5561) [19-16-1,109]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
PANIC ROOM KILL ME HUN
YUPPIE SHELTER (576) MIDGETS OF DETH (91)
(45-5561) [19-16-1,109] (45-574) [0-1-0,1]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
WHITE HOUSE PAYNE ERYE
YUPPIE SHELTER (576) DARQUE FORCES (428)
(45-5562) [16-17-0,73] (45-5675) [12-7-0,73]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
KNIGHT BREED (403)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. KNIGHT BREED (403) 46
2. DARQUE FORCES (428) 19 DARQUE FORCES (428)
3. GOING BERSERK (527) 6 Unchartered Team
4. SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 2
5. MIDGETS OF DETH (91) 1 MIDGETS OF DETH (91)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 DARQUE FORCES (428) 678 453 37 59.9 1/ 1 KNIGHT BREED (403) 12 3 2
2/ 2 GOING BERSERK (527) 159 140 12 53.2 2/ 2 DARQUE FORCES (428) 7 4 0
3/ 5 KNIGHT BREED (403) 84 77 5 52.2 3/ 3 YUPPIE SHELTER (576) 5 3 1
4- 3 AVID FANS (65) 278 262 24 51.5 4/ 4 SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 4 2 0
5/ 4 SHEWISH BUFFET (520) 178 173 11 50.7 5- 6 AVID FANS (65) 3 6 0
6/ 6 YUPPIE SHELTER (576) 81 79 3 50.6 6/ 7 GOING BERSERK (527) 2 6 0
7/ 7 RAT PAK (79) 77 77 2 50.0 7- 8 DEAD POETS (548) 1 0 0
8- 8 DEAD POETS (548) 70 72 3 49.3 8/ 5 RAT PAK (79) 1 3 0
9/ 0*MIDGETS OF DETH (91) 0 1 0 0.0 9/ 0*MIDGETS OF DETH (91) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
*TURF WAR 13 (TW13) RULES* (revision 9-7-22-WS)
Starting Jan, right after the FTF, T453 (10 turns)
Bring acclaim and glory to the North Fork (DM47) arena.
Anyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created
solely to compete in the Turf War! To participate, each alliance must:
1. Indicate in the newsletter or on the RSI site your three team alliance.
(You must state your alliance name, 3 team names, and 3 manager names.)
2. Request 3 gift certificates per manager from RSI as entry fee for TW13.
RSI will hold all certs and distribute as team rus to TW13 winners.
(**Change from past TWs) DO NOT send, or have sent, certs to the Moderators.
Deadline: December 31, 2022.
3. Teams and warriors must be listed in the DM452 NL in order to compete.
(This allows challenges on TW turn 1.)
Other rules and discussion.
1. Only one (1) team per manager/player may be active in the arena.
2. If at any time, the Moderators determine that any non-TW team, whether a 2nd team
or a non-TW manager's 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.
3. As usual, any Turf War team must be shown/be posted in the DM47 Newsletter just
prior (T452) to the actual scoring/participation start on T453 (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). 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. 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.)
5. Definitions:
Team = individual manager's stable
Alliance = three teams united
6. 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.)
7. 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.
8. Downchallenges:
A downchallenge = a warrior challenges a warrior with lesser recognition points.
No challenge or bloodfeud by the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
No challenge of the Duelmaster shall be deemed a downchallenge.
Bloodfeuds against warriors with lesser recognition are deemed downchallenges.
9. Tournament participation is allowed and encouraged as a great form of acclaim and
recognition for North Fork and is an opportunity for warriors to gain skills and
preferred challenging within the Turf War.
10. 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 B, you must end the Turf War with Team B.
11. The Dark Arena may be used at any time without penalty. However, only one win
against a D.A. Monster per each stable warrior shall count as a win. Additional
wins will count as a loss for that warrior.
12. It is highly recommended that managers direct RSI to place their team ON
TEAM MAINTENANCE for the TW13 duration so that your team will fight (and earn
points) even if your submitted new strategies are delayed or don't make it.
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SCORING will be as follows:
Team Points
a. Fights made: (includes DA fights)
1 = 0 points
2 = 0 points
3 = 1 point
4 = 2 points
5 = 5 points
b. Wins earned;
0 = 0 points
1 = 1 point
2 = 2 points
3 = 3 points
4 = 5 points
5 = 10 points
c. Down Challenge:
(-5) points each (DM is exempt from DC rule/penalty)
d. Team with most wins per round earns 3 additional points
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Alliance Points (Rounds 1-4)
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 3 points
c. Alliance with most wins per round = 3
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Alliance Points (Rounds 5-8)
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 3 points
c. Alliance with most wins per round = 7 points
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Alliance Points (Rounds 9-10)
a. Fights made (DA fights count as a fight made)
b. Alliance fights 15 warriors = 6 points
c. Alliance with most wins per that round = 10 points
(If ties, no points awarded; no tiebreaker on wins)
Team points (from 3 teams) + alliance points = Total Alliance Points.
The Alliance with the most points after turn 10 is THE WINNER!
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PRIZES:
The Turf War is meant to be a near "winner takes all" contest. Moderators will submit
a list of each prize won (by manager) at the completion of the contest. RSI awarded
prizes must then be claimed by the manager from RSI Customer Service within 4 months.
The team rollups won will be distributed by RSI to the winners shortly after receipt
of the prize list from the moderators.
Entry Fee Awards:
*** Winning alliance gets 80% of the pooled team rollups.
*** 2nd place alliance gets 10% of the pooled team rollups.
*** Individual Team with most wins in 10 rounds gets 10% of the pooled team
rollups
RSI awards: Prizes may only be applied to DM47 warriors who participated in TW13.
No prize may create an out-of-bounds warrior. Only one max prize may be applied per
warrior, so if you win two prizes they cannot be applied to the same warrior.
Prizes must be used within 4 months of the end of TW13.
Winning alliance: each manager/team receives:
One Limited Damage Bump (bump one level damage)
One Stat replace (remove 2 SZ, replace 2 to any single other stat)
One Favorite weapon knowledge
2nd place: each manager/team receives:
One Favorite weapon knowledge
One free stat raise (not SZ)
Participation Award (to all teams/managers who fight 46 minimum fights (of 50):
2 skills (both to same warrior)
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Moderators:
The Moderators for this event will be Oz, Master Darque, and Assur, the TW13
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 one of us below.
Oz Master Darque Assur
diplo (DM 47): Land of Oz Darque Forces Bash Bros Park
Duel2 forum: The Consortium Master Darque Assur
email: wfms101@aol.com rebelnerfherder@yahoo.com assurnasir@yahoo.com
SPY REPORT
Greetings warriors! It is I, Zontani Sharp Eyes, here to bring report of the
clash and bustle of the weekly STORMCROWE games. RAYNOR caught the eye of many in
the gladiatorial commission as he skillfully bested WHITE HOUSE and was awarded 24
points in recognition. In one of the week's more notable duels, RAYNOR put down
WHITE HOUSE, causing it to lose 23 points of recognition in the process. Although
RAZOR-RAT made a valiant effort, it did not suffice to topple the reign of victorious
PANIC ROOM. No confirmation, but my sources claim that the top team has gained their
position using magical aids. Charmed weapons perhaps?
But come now, let us look deeper into the maze of contention and crossed blades
that is city STORMCROWE. I saw one fighter that warriors avoided when this week's
challenge seeking began. KNIGHT BREED is feared. This much I can say. Methinks
more than a few here could name the guild it was that spent the better part of last
week avoiding KNIGHT BREED. Indeed it was GOING BERSERK.
What warrior does not hone his years, impatiently waiting for the moment of his
foe's mortality? My condolences to SHEWISH BUFFET for their loss of a very promising
warrior, BROWNIE SUNDAE. BROWNIE SUNDAE went to doom before the arms of SPACE DANDY,
a warrior of KNIGHT BREED. Some say a warrior is judged by the way he bears arms.
One thing is sure, better a dagger in hand then a sword on the belt!
A thought before I go. Each warrior practices one style, but must not the wise
manager learn the secrets of them all? Ahh, but I can hear the spires of a far off
city calling to me. I must away! Till next we meet remember - the pen is mightier
than the sword, but a maul is a different story!-- Zontani Sharp Eyes
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PANIC ROOM 5561 19 16 1 109 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-YAK 5296 17 9 2 107 GOING BERSERK (527)
-M.C. 5369 12 8 0 105 AVID FANS (65)
RAYNOR 3549 16 16 1 94 KNIGHT BREED (403)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SHRIMP SCAMP 4855 16 14 0 89 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
-SECURITY GUARD 4825 16 30 1 87 AVID FANS (65)
-ADVANCE SCOUT 5580 12 4 0 79 AVID FANS (65)
WHITE HOUSE 5562 16 17 0 73 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
PAYNE ERYE 5675 12 7 0 73 DARQUE FORCES (428)
RAZOR-RAT 5670 10 7 0 72 RAT PAK (79)
MELIODAS 4984 7 1 0 69 KNIGHT BREED (403)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-THE BRUTE SQUAD 5326 12 22 2 60 AVID FANS (65)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CHELSEA DAGGER 5731 7 1 0 56 DARQUE FORCES (428)
SPACE DANDY 4875 9 2 3 55 KNIGHT BREED (403)
-SYLVIA PLATH 5008 8 4 0 51 DEAD POETS (548)
BRAWLIPOP 5714 8 5 1 45 DARQUE FORCES (428)
-BIG BEN 5720 10 10 0 40 GOING BERSERK (527)
ONTOR 5709 7 9 2 40 GOING BERSERK (527)
-MIA-RAT 5569 8 13 0 37 RAT PAK (79)
-ARISTOPHANES 5103 4 8 0 37 DEAD POETS (548)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ZED-RAT 5671 4 3 0 32 RAT PAK (79)
HARLOCK 4876 7 4 0 30 KNIGHT BREED (403)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-OVID 5333 3 1 0 23 DEAD POETS (548)
-SANDALS 5693 4 6 0 20 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
-SHAKESPEARE 5356 2 0 0 20 DEAD POETS (548)
POUND CAKE 5728 2 1 0 19 SHEWISH BUFFET (520)
-WAPENTAKE-RAT 5743 1 0 0 15 RAT PAK (79)
-PEANUT SALESMAN 5676 3 5 0 14 AVID FANS (65)
COTA 5745 2 1 0 12 KNIGHT BREED (403)
ASH'RAK 5739 1 3 0 12 GOING BERSERK (527)
-HOMER 5689 1 0 0 12 DEAD POETS (548)
-ZYBOM 5744 2 1 0 9 GOING BERSERK (527)
-THUNDER-RAT 5747 0 1 0 1 RAT PAK (79)
KILL ME HUN 574 0 1 0 1 MIDGETS OF DETH (91)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TIA-RAT 5667 5 7 0 RAT PAK 79 ONTOR 5709 451 REVENGED
BROWNIE SUNDAE 5697 2 1 0 SHEWISH BUFFET 520 SPACE DANDY 4875 455
PERSONAL ADS
Since we had a few too many volunteers, the Frost Giant mission is now closed. Those
who were not taken will be first considered in the next mission. And thank you! --
Keel Woodhaven
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
PANIC ROOM devastated RAZOR-RAT in a 2 minute gruesome mismatched Title fight.
WHITE HOUSE was demolished by RAYNOR in a popular 1 minute one-sided melee.
PAYNE ERYE was unbelievably bested by KHALHUMS DWARF in a 4 minute brawl.
MELIODAS overpowered ONTOR in a 1 minute mismatched match.
CHELSEA DAGGER viciously subdued AMBITIOUS GUARD in a popular 4 minute bloody duel.
SPACE DANDY savagely slew BROWNIE SUNDAE in a crowd pleasing 4 minute gory brawl.
BRAWLIPOP handily defeated HAPPY PEASANT in a 2 minute uneven melee.
HARLOCK viciously subdued POUND CAKE in a popular 2 minute gruesome duel.
COTA won victory over MORDANT DESERTER in a 2 minute novice's fight.
ASH'RAK overpowered KILL ME HUN in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 - 0 100 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 7 - 2 - 2 78 |
|WALL OF STEEL 2 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|AIMED BLOW 1 PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 1 - 0 67 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 1 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 2 - 0 60 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 45 - 34 - 0 57 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 AIMED BLOW 13 - 12 - 1 52 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 12 - 15 - 3 44 |
|TOTAL PARRY 1 STRIKING ATTACK 8 - 14 - 0 36 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 SLASHING ATTACK 4 - 8 - 0 33 |
Turn 455 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 - 1 7 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 TOTAL PARRY
WALL OF STEEL 2 - 0 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 3 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK PANIC ROOM 5561 19 16 1 109 YUPPIE SHELTER (576)
STRIKING ATTACK MELIODAS 4984 7 1 0 69 KNIGHT BREED (403)
WALL OF STEEL SPACE DANDY 4875 9 2 3 55 KNIGHT BREED (403)
AIMED BLOW BRAWLIPOP 5714 8 5 1 45 DARQUE FORCES (428)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is WHITE HOUSE 5562. The most popular warrior this
turn was PAYNE ERYE 5675. The ten other most popular fighters were CHELSEA DAGGER
5731, BROWNIE SUNDAE 5697, HARLOCK 4876, PANIC ROOM 5561, RAYNOR 3549, SPACE DANDY
4875, RAZOR-RAT 5670, MELIODAS 4984, ASH'RAK 5739, and WHITE HOUSE 5562.
The least popular fighter this week was KILL ME HUN 574. The other ten least popular
fighters were ONTOR 5709, COTA 5745, POUND CAKE 5728, BRAWLIPOP 5714, WHITE HOUSE
5562, ASH'RAK 5739, MELIODAS 4984, RAZOR-RAT 5670, SPACE DANDY 4875, and RAYNOR 3549.